Inflammatory bowel disease

Prim Care. 2001 Sep;28(3):539-56, vi. doi: 10.1016/s0095-4543(05)70052-x.

Abstract

Idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease consists of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Crohn's disease can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, from the mouth to the anus, and is also known as regional enteritis, terminal ileitis, or granulomatous colitis. Ulcerative colitis is limited to the colon and rectal involvement is present 95% of the time. Ten percent to fifteen percent of patients with irritable bowel syndrome cannot be clearly defined as having either Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and are termed indeterminate colitis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Colectomy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Family Practice / methods
  • Humans
  • Ileostomy
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / classification
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / epidemiology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / etiology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / physiopathology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / therapy*
  • Patient Selection
  • Primary Health Care / methods
  • Risk Factors
  • Steroids

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Steroids