Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

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Signs and Symptoms

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic (long-lasting) condition. IBD symptoms vary in severity. Over the course of the disease, periods of worsening symptoms (called exacerbations) and improving symptoms (called remissions) often occur. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, which are the most common types of IBD, cause similar symptoms.

Signs and symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease include the following:

Abdominal pain and cramps
Blood in the stool
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