Metabolic Bone Disease in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

The Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Background and aims: In diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease, one of diagnostic way is upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, which helps in differential diagnosis of unspecified colitis as well. The aim of this study was to investigate the necessity of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.   Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional...

Comparison of Coping Strategies in People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Healthy People in Terms of Health Locus of Control

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of disorders that cause chronic inflammation (pain and swelling) in the intestines. IBD includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Both types affect the digestive system. The study aims to compare coping strategies in people with inflammatory bowel disease and healthy people, according to internal and external sources of health contr...

Application of extracellular vesicles in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) is caused by genetic, environmental, microbial and immune factors. IBD has two primary forms: Ulcerative colitis and Crohn´s disease. The incidence of IBD has significantly increased over the last few decades. Given that patients have poor response to drug treatments or are resistant to drug therapies, new therapies are needed for gastrointestinal i...

Bone mineral density is reduced in patients with Crohn's disease but not in patients with ulcerative colitis: a population based study.

BACKGROUND Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at risk of developing metabolic bone disease. AIMS To compare bone mineral density in patients with Crohn's disease with patients with ulcerative colitis and healthy subjects, and to evaluate possible risk factors for bone loss in inflammatory bowel disease. PATIENTS 60 patients with Crohn's disease, 60 with ulcerative colitis, and 60 ...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Practical Aproach, Series #77 Metabolic Bone Disease in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Validation of the Persian version of the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (IBDQ) in ulcerative colitis patients

Abstract Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine that may have critical consequences on patient’s quality of life (QOL). Many disease-specific QOL tools have been developed recently. The McMaster Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) is one of them. The aim of this study was to translate into Persian and eval...