Conditions characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The two most common inflammatory bowel diseases are ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Inflammation affects the entire digestive tract in Crohn’s disease, and only the large intestine (also called the colon) in ulcerative colitis. Both illnesses involve an abnormal response to the body’s immune system called autoimmune inflammation. Common symptoms include abdominal cramping and pain, frequent diarrhea that is sometimes bloody, and weight loss.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD is best managed by an individualized regimen of diet, food allergen avoidance, specific nutraceutical agents, and medicinal peptides that naturally address inflammation, infection, and/or autoimmunity, along with constitutional (whole body) homeopathy.