Overview

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a term for a group of inflammatory conditions of the bowel and intestine. Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are two of the most common specific conditions.

Common symptoms

 Symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, and rectal bleeding.

Treatment options

Treatment depends on the individual patient. The choice of medications and how to administer them (oral, rectal, injection, infusion) depends on factors including the type, distribution, and severity of the disease.

 

Care team

Profiles

C. Haikaeli Mziray-Andrew, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterologist Pediatrics | Gastroenterology
400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

David Stewart, MD

General Surgeon Surgery | General, Cancer Care
315 W. Carpenter St. 1st Floor Clinic A Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Christopher Mogren, FNP-BC

Certified Nurse Practitioner Internal Medicine | Gastroenterology, Pediatrics | Gastroenterology
400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Sibyl Cox, CSP, RDN

Registered Dietician Pediatrics | Gastroenterology
400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Eshan Samuel, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterologist Pediatrics | Gastroenterology
400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

V. Prasad Poola, MD

Colorectal Surgeon Colon and Rectal Surgery
315 W. Carpenter St. 1st Floor Clinic A Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Lauri Lopp, MD

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Shaylee Sullivan, NP-C

Certified Nurse Practitioner Internal Medicine | Gastroenterology
315 W. Carpenter St. Clinic A Springfield, IL 62702

 

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