When you suffer from Crohn’s disease, any part of the large or small intestine can be affected. For some, it just affects the colon (large intestine). Crohn’s disease causes the immune system to overreact, causing inflammation. Crohn’s also affects the eyes, skin and joints. According to NIH, half a million Americans suffer from Crohn’s.
Read MoreEven though gastroenterology and gastrointestinal mean similar things, they are not the same. Gastroenterology is a branch of medicine that focuses on the digest tract and its disorders. Gastrointestinal is the digestive tract as a whole.
Read MoreInflammatory Bowel Disease focuses on your gastrointestinal tract and is caused by a faulty immune system. IBD is divided into two types: crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Crohn’s disease happens when your digestive tract lining is inflamed. Ulcerative colitis occurs when the lining of the colon has sores or is inflamed. You will notice Crohn’s when damaged areas begin to show up in patches next to healthy tissue. For ulcerative colitis it continues but it is not patchy. It begins at the rectum and then spreads to the colon.
Read MoreOver 70 million Americans suffer from digestive diseases each year whether it be Gas Reflux Disease or Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome (IBS). An unhealthy gut overall affects your whole body. A proper diet and exercise can help bring your gut back to health. When you have good bacteria in your gut it can help digest food, improve your mood, and improve your immune system function.
Read MoreColonoscopy and Endoscopy might deal with issues in the same body area, but they both diagnose and look at different medical symptoms. A colonoscopy is a type of endoscopy where the lower part of the digestive tract (rectum, colon) is observed. Endoscopy is when the doctor performs a nonsurgical procedure to look at the upper digestive tract (esophagus, stomach or duodenum).
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