Inflammatory Bowel Disease (cont.)
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Overview
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Causes
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symptoms
- When to Seek Medical Care
- Questions to Ask the Doctor
- Exams and Tests
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment
- Self-Care at Home
- Medical Treatment
- Medications
- Surgery
- Next Steps
- Follow-up
- Prevention
- Outlook
- Support Groups and Counseling
- For More Information
- Web Links
- Multimedia
- Synonyms and Keywords
- Authors and Editors
- Pictures of Digestive Disease Myths - Slideshow
- Viewer Comments: Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Intestinal Problems - Describe Your Experience
When to Seek Medical Care
Questions to Ask the Doctor
If you have the above symptoms, a visit to your doctor is warranted. Although those symptoms can suggest that you may have inflammatory bowel disease, tests must first be performed to see if you do have IBD. The above symptoms are seen in several other disorders as well, and so the above symptoms alone do not necessarily mean that you have IBD. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a different disorder that may have symptoms similar to those of IBD.
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic disease, probably involving an immune reaction of the body to its own intestinal tract.
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