Mayo Clinic on Crohn's disease & ulcerative colitis Strategies to manage IBD and take charge of your life
Book - 2022
"[L]earn the science behind IBD and how it strikes, what medications to discuss with your doctor, when to consider surgery, how the disease can affect other parts of your body, and ways to change your lifestyle to manage and live well with your illness."--
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Rochester, MN :
Mayo Clinic Press
[2022]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- 191 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781945564086
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Why IBP? Why Me?
- Understanding the gastrointestinal tract
- Inflammatory bowel disease defined
- Were you misdiagnosed?
- Clues as to a cause
- Dealing with your feelings
- Telling others
- Chapter 2. Understanding Ulcerative Colitis
- Symptoms of ulcerative colitis
- Diagnosing ulcerative colitis
- Managing ulcerative colitis
- Chapter 3. Understanding Crohn's Disease
- Types of Crohn's disease
- Symptoms of Crohn's disease
- Diagnosing Crohn's disease
- Managing Crohn's disease
- Chapter 4. Other Types of IBP
- Indeterminate colitis
- Microscopic or lymphocytic colitis
- Collagenous colitis
- Chapter 5. Self-Management: It's Your IBP
- Immediate plan
- Short-term plan
- Long-term plan
- Health care team
- Getting the most from your visits
- Chapter 6. Medications for IBP
- Anti-inflammatory medications
- Immunomodulators
- Biologies
- Small molecules
- Antibiotics
- Medications for specific symptoms
- Future treatments
- Clinical trials
- Staying on your medication
- Complementary therapies
- Chapter 7. IBD Affects More Than Your Gut
- Eyes
- Liver
- Kidneys
- Bones
- Joints
- Hair, teeth and nails
- Skin
- Chapter 8. The IBD-Cancer Connection
- Cancer risk
- Preventing colorectal cancer
- Dealing with dysplasia
- Medications to prevent colorectal cancer
- Other types of cancer
- Chapter 9. When You Need Surgery
- Types of surgery
- Surgery for ulcerative colitis
- Surgery for Crohn's disease
- Postoperative complications
- Stomas
- Chapter 10. The Food Fight: What Can You Eat?
- A nutritional challenge
- Nutrition 101: What every body needs
- Your individual nutrition needs
- Fiber and residue
- Lactose intolerance
- Calcium: A special problem
- Trigger foods
- Reactions to gluten and more
- Your need for glutamine
- Malnutrition in IBD
- When you can't eat food
- Diets specifically for IBD
- General guidelines for healthy eating
- Chapter 11. Taking Charge of Your Lifestyle
- Pain
- Stress
- Anxiety and depression
- Sleep and fatigue
- Tobacco use
- Physical activity
- Travel
- Work
- Chapter 12. Sex, Fertility and Pregnancy
- Men
- Women
- Fertility and pregnancy
- Chapter 13. Growing Up with IBD
- Growth and development
- Differences in children and teens
- Treating IBD in children and teens
- Monitoring IBD In children and teens
- Staying on medication
- Fitting in with IBD
- Advice on common parental issues
- Additional resources
- Index