Animation - What is Crohn's Disease?

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This website is designed for persons with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to attain best possible health outcomes. Our goal is to guide and inform patients, their families, and care givers on the latest information about IBD in order to achieve the very best quality of life. Learners will find audio-narrated animations, patient slideshows, downloads, a friendly self-evaluation quiz, a feedback survey and a vast library of visual tools to help better manage IBD. Topics range from what causes IBD (both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) to diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as specific information related to lifestyle choices, medications and surgeries used to manage and treat IBD. Living with IBD can be challenging and our goal is to help IBD patients better manage this illness in order to achieve the best in quality of life and optimal health outcomes.
Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This animation describes what happens to the immune system to cause Crohn’s disease, its symptoms (such as abdominal pain and diarrhea), and factors that contribute to its development (including genetics and environmental factors).