Health Management Insight: Inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (or IBD) is a condition which can affect not only the bowels but also other parts of the body including the joints and eyes.

There are two main types: Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Of these, UC is the more common, affecting roughly 240 in 100,000 of the UK population, for Crohn’s the figure is 157 in 100,000.

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