Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s disease is one among many digestive disorders in which the lining becomes inflamed. That inflammation produces ulcers (lesions or open sores in the lining) that produce abdominal pain and diarrhea. It is often progressive and leads to even more serious health consequences.
The cause(s) of the disease are not known, but an abnormal immune system [...]

Constipation-Causes and Treatment

constipation – an inability to have a bowel movement, frequently from excessively hard stools – is a normal condition when it occurs rarely or for short periods. Treatments range from doing nothing and allowing the condition to self-correct to use of mild laxatives or a change in diet.
Normally, bowel movements occur 2-3 times daily (typically [...]

All About Colitis

Colitis refers to any condition which results in an inflamed colon.
There is Ischemic colitis, Crohn’s, even chemically induced colitis (often as a result of medications), and many more. Still, the word is frequently used as a shorthand phrase for ulcerative colitis, one of the more common types of inflammatory bowel disease, as the category is [...]