The Difference between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and inflammatory Bowel Disease

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  • Date: 2006-06-05
  • Author: Geraint Roberts
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         The problem that people have getting diagnosed with irritable bowel symptoms or irritable bowel disease is that there are similar symptoms in so many intestinal disorders. Irritable bowel disease includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have many similar symptoms. IBD is also known as inflammatory bowel disorder or irritable bowel disorder, or irritable bowel disease.

    Family doctors often have difficulty in differentiating between inflammatory bowel disease and Irritable bowel syndrome. Most patients are referred to a specialist if the doctor is concerned with the severity of the symptoms. It is difficult to differentiate between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease as the symptoms are so closely linked (both are referred to as IBD). A colonoscopy is one way of getting a clear diagnosis and other tests are often necessary.

    Crohn's can affect all the layers of the intestinal wall whereas ulcerative colitis affects only the inner lining of the colon. Crohn's disease can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus. Irritable bowel syndrome is a disturbance in the regulation of bowel function, and affects the intestines and can result in one or more of the following symptoms, abdominal pain, diarrhea, cramping and constipation.

    Irritable bowel syndrome has similar symptoms to inflammatory bowel disease, ……


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