
Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group
Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
UC can effect many layers of the colon and can cause fistulas as well. CCFA has some interesting articles on the genetics of IBD.
after all the enema's and xrays when drinking that foul mud to show up, they took my bowel & large intestine out with my apendix, they confirmed it was ulcerative colitis and said you still might have it infecting the small intestine as it isnt a cure when removed, that was 27yrs ago, i have an ileostmy (pouch) and sometimes the ulcers do burst, and they will bleed, but its contained in a pouch and i dont have the pain.