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Understanding Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis [electronic resource] / Jon Zonderman and Ronald Vender.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding health and sickness seriesPublication details: Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, c2000.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 116 p.) : illISBN:
  • 0585402469 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780585402468 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781604730265 (electronic bk.)
  • 1604730269 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis.DDC classification:
  • 616.3/44 21
LOC classification:
  • RC862.I53 Z66 2000eb
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Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Diagnosing Inflammatory Bowel Disease; 2. How the Healthy Digestive System Works; 3. How and Why the Digestive System Malfunctions in People with Crohn Disease or Ulcerative Colitis; 4. Living with the Condition; 5. Treatment; 6. The Mind/Body Connection; 7. The Search for a Cure; Appendices; Note to the Readers; Glossary; Index.
Summary: Written from a patient's perspective, this book provides timely information about how to obtain and maintain the highest quality of life possible while living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis--together known as inflammatory bowel disease--are chronic illnesses of unknown origin. The inflammation within the intestinal tract (within the colon in ulcerative colitis, and anywhere from the mouth to the anus in Crohn disease) leads to some or all of the following clinical symptoms--diarrhea (with or without blood), abdominal pain, fever, and fatigue. The di.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [106]-107) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Diagnosing Inflammatory Bowel Disease; 2. How the Healthy Digestive System Works; 3. How and Why the Digestive System Malfunctions in People with Crohn Disease or Ulcerative Colitis; 4. Living with the Condition; 5. Treatment; 6. The Mind/Body Connection; 7. The Search for a Cure; Appendices; Note to the Readers; Glossary; Index.

Written from a patient's perspective, this book provides timely information about how to obtain and maintain the highest quality of life possible while living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis--together known as inflammatory bowel disease--are chronic illnesses of unknown origin. The inflammation within the intestinal tract (within the colon in ulcerative colitis, and anywhere from the mouth to the anus in Crohn disease) leads to some or all of the following clinical symptoms--diarrhea (with or without blood), abdominal pain, fever, and fatigue. The di.

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