Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term used to describe conditions involving chronic inflammation of your digestive tract. Types of IBD include:
Ulcerative colitis. This condition includes inflammation and ulcers (sores) along the superficial lining of your colon (colon) and rectum.
Crohn's disease. This type of IBD is characterized by inflammation of the lining of your digestive tract, often involving the deeper layers of the digestive tract.
Both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are usually characterized by diarrhea, rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, fatigue and weight loss.
Symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease vary, depending on the severity of the inflammation and where it occurs. Symptoms can range from mild to severe. You are likely to have periods of active disease followed by periods of remission. Signs and symptoms common to both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis include: diarrhea, fatigue, abdominal pain and cramps, blood in your stool, decreased appetite, unintentional weight loss.
Treatment BeterKlinic
BeterKliniek is the clinic for Integrative Medicine that bridges regular and non-regular medicine.
An van Veen (physician) and Michael van Gils (therapist) look for the cause of a condition or disease. That is where the treatment starts otherwise, as people often say, it is 'carrying water to the sea'. We call this cause medicine. Sometimes it is also desirable to treat the symptoms (at the same time). We call this symptom medicine.
Chronic disorders often have their cause in epi- genetics. You can schedule a free informative telephone consultation (phone number 040-7117337 until 1 p.m.) at BeterKliniek to discuss your symptoms so that we can provide you with further advice.
