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Medical content written by Dr Youssef BENNANI, hepato-gastroenterologist · Updated on

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

IBD — inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

What is IBD?

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Both are characterized by inflammation of the wall of part of the digestive tract.

IBD has multiple causes, linked to a complex interaction between environmental factors, microbes and the intestinal immune system.

Read our detailed guides on these two conditions: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

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