Thiopurine Medications Are Linked with Risk of Severe COVID-19 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
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Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis patients taking thiopurines either alone or in combination with TNF antagonists were more likely to have severe COVID-19 disease.
It can be easy to confuse irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Both are common chronic diseases with symptoms of abdominal pain and chronic (long-lasting) diarrhea or chronic constipation that can start at any age. Another thing the two conditions have in common is that we don't know yet what causes either [...]
About half of people who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) will also have related problems outside of the digestive system. For about 1 out of 10 people with IBD, these related problems will occur in the eyes either because of the disease or as complications of treatment. Treatment-related eye problems occur in about 1 of [...]
There are multiple causes of perianal fistulas, including Crohn's disease; this article covers complex perianal fistulas in people who also have Crohn's disease. What Is a Complex Perianal Fistula? In Crohn's disease—one of the two main types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—the area around the anus (the perianal region) is affected frequently. About 1 of [...]
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The specific carbohydrate diet (SCD), is a very strict diet that removes all grains and certain sugars from what a person eats. The diet was developed in the 1950s by Sidney Valentine Haas, MD who thought it might help with difficult-to-treat digestive (gastrointestinal) conditions, including celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and irritable bowel syndrome [...]
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People who went on to be diagnosed with Crohn’s disease were significantly more likely to have had ‘abnormal intestinal permeability’ than people who did not have a Crohn’s diagnosis.