Inflammatory bowel disease – Symptoms, Causes, Risk Factors and Complications

Journal of Food and Clinical Nutrition is a peer reviewed open access journal. Inflammatory bowel disease – Symptoms, Causes, Risk Factors and Complications are described below.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term used to describe disorders that involve chronic inflammation of your digestive tract. Types of IBD include:

• Ulcerative colitis. This condition causes long-lasting inflammation and sores (ulcers) in the innermost lining of your large intestine (colon) and rectum.
• Crohn's disease. This type of IBD is characterized by inflammation of the lining of your digestive tract, which often spreads deep into affected tissues.

Both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease usually involve severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, fatigue and weight loss.

Symptoms

Inflammatory bowel disease symptoms vary, depending on the severity of inflammation and where it occurs. Symptoms may range from mild to severe. You are likely to have periods of active illness followed by periods of remission.

Signs and symptoms that are common to both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis include:

• Diarrhea
• Fever and fatigue
• Abdominal pain and cramping
• Blood in your stool
• Reduced appetite
• Unintended weight loss

Causes

The exact cause of inflammatory bowel disease remains unknown. Previously, diet and stress were suspected, but now doctors know that these factors may aggravate but don't cause IBD. One possible cause is an immune system malfunction. When your immune system tries to fight off an invading virus or bacterium, an abnormal immune response causes the immune system to attack the cells in the digestive tract, too. Heredity also seems to play a role in that IBD is more common in people who have family members with the disease. However, most people with IBD don't have this family history.

Risk factors

Age, Race or ethnicity, Family history, Cigarette smoking, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, Where you live. 

 Complications

Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease have some complications in common and others that are specific to each condition. Complications found in both conditions may include:

• Colon cancer. 
•  Skin, eye and joint inflammation
• Medication side effects. 
•  Primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Blood clots. 

Complications of Crohn's disease may include:

• Bowel obstruction. 
•  Malnutrition. 
•  Ulcers. 
•  Fistulas. 
•  Anal fissure

Complications of ulcerative colitis may include:

• Toxic megacolon. 
•  A hole in the colon (perforated colon). 
•  Severe dehydration. 

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