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==Complications==
IBD can limit quality of life due to pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and other socially unacceptable symptoms, it is rarely fatal on its own.  Fatalities due to complications such as [[toxic megacolon]], [[Gastrointestinal perforation|bowel perforation]] and surgical complications are also rare.
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
While IBD can limit quality of life due to pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and other socially unacceptable symptoms, it is rarely fatal on its own.  Fatalities due to complications such as [[toxic megacolon]], [[Gastrointestinal perforation|bowel perforation]] and surgical complications are also rare.
After treatment, the patient is usually switched to a lighter drug with fewer side effects. Every so often an acute resurgence of the original symptoms may appear: this is known as a flare up. Depending on the circumstances, it may go away on its own or require medication. The time between flare ups may be anywhere from weeks to years, and varies wildly between patients, a few have never experienced a flare up.
 
While patients of IBD do have an increased risk of  [[colorectal cancer]] this is usually caught much earlier than the general population in routine surveillance of the colon by [[colonoscopy]], and therefore patients are much more likely to survive.
 
After treatment, the patient is usually switched to a lighter drug with fewer side effects. Every so often an acute resurgence of the original symptoms may appear: this is known as a "flare-up". Depending on the circumstances, it may go away on its own or require medication. The time between flare-ups may be anywhere from weeks to years, and varies wildly between patients - a few have never experienced a flare-up.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:56, 21 March 2013

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Main page

Patient Information

Overview

Causes

Classification

Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis

Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Complications

IBD can limit quality of life due to pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and other socially unacceptable symptoms, it is rarely fatal on its own. Fatalities due to complications such as toxic megacolon, bowel perforation and surgical complications are also rare.

Prognosis

After treatment, the patient is usually switched to a lighter drug with fewer side effects. Every so often an acute resurgence of the original symptoms may appear: this is known as a flare up. Depending on the circumstances, it may go away on its own or require medication. The time between flare ups may be anywhere from weeks to years, and varies wildly between patients, a few have never experienced a flare up.

References

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