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IBD: Reasons to be hopeful
Good For You! | October 6th 2008
Three letters turn up quite often in health news these days: IBD, which stands for inflammatory bowel disease. IBD is an increasingly common cluster of digestive woes that includes Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). IBD causes in read more
Managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) or Chron’s Disease Th…
Beauty Trend Blog | October 4th 2008 by kon5518
Individuals who suffer from Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) or Crohn’s benefit from eating certain foods and watching out for others. IBD and Crohn’s disease involves inflammation of the intestines. It’s very important to receive g read more
Australia death with dignity
After cancer, now what | September 23rd 2008 by Kate
Angelique Flowers was a 31 year old Australian woman who had battled Crohn’s disease for years and died of colon cancer long before she should have. Before her death she worked to have the right to voluntary euthanasia. “I deeply admire p read more
Achy joints
You are in My World | September 11th 2008 by Tricia
I’m so achy these days. I think all the rain we had this summer is getting to my joints. I have Crohn’s disease and that can affect the joints as well, so the combination of a wet season and an autoimmune disorder attacking my body is wr read more
Inflammatory bowel disease linked to depression (Reuters)
Genuine drugs, health topics discussion | September 4th 2008
Inflammatory bowel disease linked to depression (Reuters) Reuters - Rates of depression, and possibly some types of anxiety disorder, are high among people with inflammatory bowel disease or IBD — conditions such as Crohn’s disease and ul read more
Crohn’s Disease And Diet - The Dos And Don’ts
Coping With Crohn's | August 27th 2008 by Judi
The connection between Crohn’s disease and diet can be a tricky one to keep track of. There is no standard diet regiment as the disease affects each person differently. Apart from that, the diet itself needs to be monitored closely and adjusted read more
Hate Him. HATE HIM.
Are You There, Blog? It's Me, Margaret. I'm Totally Lying. M… | August 25th 2008 by heathenly
Around here, my teenage son has a moody phase equivalent to PMS: Remicade fade-out. He has Crohn’s Disease and he takes Remicade by infusion every six weeks. You can definitely tell when he’s at the end of a six week cycle, because heR read more
What is with all these fevers?
You are in My World | August 25th 2008 by Tricia
Geez … just how many fevers can a person have in one day or in a week or a year? I’m sick and tired of having fevers! That’s just one symptom of Crohn’s disease .. well not the constant fevers, but it can be part of the disea read more
What does Crohn’s Disease Feel Like?
Coping With Crohn's | August 12th 2008 by Judi
Crohn’s disease affects such a wide spectrum, it’s hard to say what my crohn’s disease symptoms and pains feel like compared to someone else’s. I know when I start feeling unknown pain in general, or get rashes, etc., my first read more
Still sick.. still lower abdominal pain.
Coping With Crohn's | August 11th 2008 by Judi
I don’t know why I seem to be so unable to grasp the pain involved with crohn’s disease. For some reason, I keep thinking that “this time”, I will get better. Honestly, I think deep down, I believe one of these times, medi read more
Freebies for Crohn’s (IBS)
Coping With Crohn's | August 11th 2008 by Judi
For my crohn’s disease, there doesn’t seem to be any specific foods that irritate, or even that specifically soothe. Well, no.. I can’t say that.. I know that when I’m feeling particularly poorly, there are some foods I defi read more
Poor miserable me
You are in My World | August 10th 2008 by Tricia
I’ve been feeling terrible all week. As some of you know I suffer from Crohn’s Disease and it’s been acting up quite a bit this week. On top of that I’ve had a migraine/headache since Monday (I think it might finally be going read more
Confessions of a Crohn’ s Patient—Part I
IBD | August 7th 2008 by Laurie
I’ll just break the ice by starting with my personal story. For those who suffer either of the two, Crohn’s or Colitis, then you already know the hell. For those who don’t, or maybe know someone who does but still can’t completely read more
Hot Tub for Therapy (and fun!)
Momma Muse | August 6th 2008 by Judi
We’ve been looking for a hot tub for a while. Not only would it be nice and relaxing, but for the therapeutic qualities itself, a hot tub would be so worth nice. I use medicine to help control the pain I have from my crohn’s disease, bu read more
Welcome
IBD | August 2nd 2008 by Laurie
Hello and Welcome to the IBD blog. As a long time sufferer of Crohn’s Disease I’ve had a lot of experiences and gained a lot of wisdom over the years. I also worked as a nurse for several years, so I have experience with IBD on both sides read more
A Colonoscopy for Crohn’s
Coping With Crohn's | July 27th 2008 by Judi
Getting a colonoscopy to diagnose my Crohn’s Disease was probably one of the singly most horrendous things I’ve had to do. A colonoscopy is a test done using a small camera on the end of a flexible tube about the size of an adult figure t read more
Everything Old Is Young Again
Are You There, Blog? It's Me, Margaret. I'm Totally Lying. M… | July 15th 2008 by heathenly
My 16 yr old has Crohn’s Disease. It’s (they think) an autoimmune disorder that blah blah blah look it up on Wikipedia. Left untreated, it makes him crazy sick. After a lot of trial and error (and one horrifyingly bad pediatric gastroente read more
Illustration Friday - Sour
Diane Clancy's Art blog | July 8th 2008 by Diane Clancy
Illustration Friday has a challenge every week. This week is Sour. Lemons certainly ARE sour - at least to most people! This is what sour looks like! And I feel pretty sour today because I am very sick … with a Crohn’s Disease flare-up .. read more
Communicating about UC
UC to Jpouch Story | July 6th 2008 by Megan
WEBCAST: No One Understands My Pain: Communicating about Crohn’s & Colitis Health Take has offered a very good webcast on how to talk to others about the disease you are living with. The w read more
Sex and Intimacy
UC to Jpouch Story | July 3rd 2008 by Megan
Sex and Intimacy, Guide for Men and the people who love them Webcast Oh, the tricky part of chronic disease. And the part we don’t nearly talk about enough, sex and intimacy. I found the above webcast from male living with Crohn’s to b read more
Crohns Flare Up & New IG
Momma Muse | July 2nd 2008 by Judi
Boy did I go missing a bit, huh? Going on periodic “off internet” for chunks of time is not abnormal for me… but this time, my crohn’s disease got the better of me.. kicked my butt and landed me in the hospital to get this fl read more
Marijuana Could Treat Cancer, Glaucoma, and More
nothing much | June 29th 2008 by soul1383
“Targeting the CB2 receptor could be a therapeutic strategy to prevent or treat diseases like Crohn’s disease [inflammation of the intestinal tract], liver cirrhosis, osteoarthritis, and atherosclerosis,” said lead study author Jür read more
Appendicitis: Tests And Diagnosis
Tummy Ache Help | June 26th 2008 by Shane Parker
Diagnosing the problem of appendicitis sometimes is difficult as abdominal pain may be cause due to various reasons. Various conditions due to which abdominal pain may occur similar to appendicitis problem include ectopic pregnancy, ovarian cysts, ki read more
IBD: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chronic Pain | June 24th 2008 by Tina Samuels
IBD, or inflammatory bowel disease, is the term for a pair of intestinal inflammation disorders called Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. Chronic inflammation of the intestines from various symptoms is the categorization of inflammatory bo read more
Ulcerative Colitis
Chronic Pain | June 23rd 2008 by Tina Samuels
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Will I give my child Colitis?
UC to Jpouch Story | June 23rd 2008 by Megan
Ohhh, this is excellent. How many of you have asked or been concerned if you were going to pass your IBD genes on to your child, you can listen to this radio webcast here, Genetic Research on Colitis. “20 percent of people with colitis have read more
Crohn’s Disease
Chronic Pain | June 22nd 2008 by Tina Samuels
Crohn’s Disease, a part of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, will have inflammation through the entire bowel wall thickness. Crohn’s disease of the small intestine is called regional enteritis, while Crohn’s disease of the colon is called read more
Clinical Trial Updates: 6/19/08
Chronic Health Blog | June 20th 2008 by Sandy Robinson
Here are a few more recent clinical trial updates as of yesterday. Autism Candidates who meet DSM-IV criteria for autistic disorder and are aged 5 to 17 may qualify for this study. The research site is in Voorhees, NJ. For more information, visit t read more
Crohn’s disease sucks
Tricia's Musings | June 19th 2008 by Tricia
I’m having one of those weeks where I just don’t feel well pretty much all the time. Each day seems worse than the last. God, I hate having Crohn’s disease. Most of the time I make the best of it and tolerate this odd painful way read more
Free Crohn’s Disease Book
Chronic Pain | June 19th 2008 by Tina Samuels
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