Abbreviations
IBD
What is inflammatory bowel disease?
A doctor who cares for children, focusing broadly on how they grow, common problems and illness, and send patients to specialists when they find unusual health needs.
Pediatrician
Redness, swelling, and soreness of a part of the body
What is inflammation
Stress can cause IBD
Fiction. Stress doesn't cause IBD, but it can lead to flares.
The very loose watery stool that often goes with IBD
What is diarrhea
IBS
What is irritable bowel syndrome?
Doctors who specialize in problems of the GI tract.
Gastroenterologist
A time period when you feel well, without stomach aches or diarrhea
What is remission
There is a cure for IBD
Fiction. Currently there is no cure. The goal for medications is for symptoms to go into remission.
Extreme low energy
What is fatigue
GI
What is the gastrointestinal tract?
A specialist who focuses on helping kids and families cope with the illness and changes that it brings to their lives.
What is a psychologist?
A period when you have symptoms of your IBD
What is a flare up
I can do the things I enjoy with IBD
Fact. The goal is to keep doing the things I enjoy even with IBD.
Low blood cell counts that can make you tired
What is anemia
UC
What is ulcerative colitis?
A person who helps you figure out what is best to eat with IBD
Who is a nutritionist?
When you spend a lot of time on the toilet to empty your GI tract, then sleep while they look inside your large intestine
What is a colonoscopy
I did something to cause IBD.
Fiction. We do not know exactly what causes IBD, but we don't believe it is because of anything specific that someone does.
Delayed growth can be caused by this IBD symptom
What is malnutrition
PRN
The most important member of the IBD team.
The patient (you!)
A tiny tissue sample peered at under magnification
What is a biopsy
What is the most outlandish myth you have heard about IBD?
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This clear slime substance can be found in your stool
What is mucus