Understanding IBD
IBD overview
What is IBD?
What is Crohn's disease?
What is ulcerative colitis?
Symptoms
Diarrhoea
What are the symptoms of IBD?
Fatigue
Diagnosis & Tests
Tests
Endoscopy
Getting a diagnosis
Treatment & Surgery
Treatment
Surgery options
My Humira diary
Complications of IBD
My hair loss story
Fistulas
Vitamin & mineral deficiencies
Living with IBD
Living with IBD
Living with IBD at university
Living with a stoma
Food & diet
Role of food in IBD
Trigger foods
Inflammatory foods
Exercise
IBD and exercise
Forms of exercise
Exercises and tips
Mind
IBD and the mind
Self help
Support and help
IBD stories
Learn about IBD
Browse all of our articles in the Learn section
What to expect from ulcerative colitis
Bloating and what to do about it
Just been diagnosed with Crohn's disease?
Just been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis?
How serious is Crohn's disease?
Children
Paediatric Crohn's disease
What is paediatric Crohn's disease?
The digestive system and Crohn's
Why do I have IBD?
Symptoms of Crohn's disease in children
IBD tests
IBD blood tests
How are blood tests done
Endoscopy tests
Preparing for an endoscopy
Having an endoscopy
After an endoscopy
Biopsies and paediatric endoscopy
Risks and complications of endoscopy
Treatment for children
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Newly diagnosed with Crohn's disease
What to expect from Crohn's disease
What causes IBD?
Newly diagnosed with ulcerative colitis
How serious is ulcerative colitis
Diagnosis of IBD
Tests for IBD
Endoscopy tests for IBD
Gastroscopy
Proctoscopy for IBD
Double balloon endoscopy (DBE) for IBD
Sigmoidoscopy for IBD
Colonoscopy for IBD
Capsule endoscopy for IBD
What is having a colonoscopy like?
Bowel prep for colonoscopy
Getting through a colonoscopy
Blood tests for IBD
Scans and X-rays for IBD
Small bowel MRI for IBD
What happens during a small bowel MRI scan?
Stool tests for IBD
Prognostic testing in IBD
Complications of IBD
Fistulas and inflammatory bowel disease
Anal fistula - Introduction
Anal fistula - Diagnosing an anal fistula
Anal fistula - Causes of an anal fistula
Anal fistula - Symptoms of an anal fistula
Beverley - My fistula story
Intestinal strictures and Crohn's disease
Teeth and IBD
Pouchitis
Eye problems in IBD
Uveitis - Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Episcleritis - Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Scleritis - Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Keratopathy - Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Complications of ulcerative colitis
Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM)
Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM) in Crohn's disease- My Story
Hair loss and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
My hair loss story
Complications of Crohn's disease
Associated conditions
Anal fissure
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies in IBD
Magnesium deficiency and IBD
Transdermal magnesium baths for IBD
Iron deficiency and IBD
Electrolyte imbalance and IBD
Calcium deficiency and IBD
Vitamin D deficiency and IBD
Vitamin B12 and IBD
Minerals and IBD
Vitamins and IBD
Bowel cancer, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease
Skin problems and inflammatory bowel disease
Skin problems and IBD Q&A - Elaine
Skin problems and IBD Q&A - Clemmie
How does IBD affect puberty?
How does IBD affect periods?
Fertility and pregnancy
My ulcerative colitis pregnancy story - Jen Rose
Treatment
Complementary therapies
Hypnotherapy for IBD Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Medication for IBD
Biologics for IBD
Infliximab for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Humira diary - Simon Booth
Humira diary part 2 - Simon Booth
Adalimumab for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Simponi (golimumab) for ulcerative colitis
Ustekinumab (Stelara) for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Biosimilars for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Vedolizumab - Entyvio Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Injecting biologic medicine
Biologic infusions for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
Biosimilars and cost of treatment
Immunomodulators for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Azathioprine for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Mercaptopurine for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Methotrexate for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Steroids for treating IBD
Budesonide for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Hydrocortisone for IBD
Methylprednisolone for IBD
Prednisolone for IBD
Aminosalicylates (5-ASAS) for IBD
Mesalazine for IBD
Sulfasalazine for IBD
Step-up treatment pathway for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
Monitoring medication for IBD
Managing your medication
Over the counter medication
Pain relief for IBD
Combination therapy
Medicine home delivery service
Antispasmodics and IBD
Repeat prescriptions
Laxatives and IBD
Antidiarrhoeals and inflammatory bowel disease
New small molecule medication for inflammatory bowel disease
Filgotinib (Jyseleca) for ulcerative colitis
Tofacitinib (Xeljanz) for ulcerative colitis
Upadacitinib (Rinvoq) for ulcerative colitis
Ozanimod (Zeposia) for ulcerative colitis
Surgery for IBD
Anal fistula - Treating an anal fistula
Anal fistula - Recovering from surgery
Strictureplasty surgery for Crohn's disease
Small intestine resection surgery for IBD
Ileocaecal resection surgery for Crohn's disease
Ileocaecal resection surgery for Crohn's disease - My story
Colectomy surgery for IBD
Colectomy with ileostomy
Colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis (IRA)
Sigmoidectomy surgery for IBD
Proctocolectomy surgery
Pan-proctocolectomy with ileostomy
Stomas
Colostomy surgery for IBD
Mucous fistula surgery for IBD
Ileostomy surgery for IBD
Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA)
My J-pouch surgery - Edmund Murray
My J-pouch surgery - Alwine Jarvis
Things I wish I knew before having J-pouch surgery
Living with a J-pouch
Percutaneous abscess drainage for IBD
Open abscess drainage in IBD
Faecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) for IBD
Induction and maintenance therapy in IBD
Probiotics and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Probiotic brands
Symprove for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease
OptiBac Probiotics for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease
My Symprove diary - Amber Platten
My Symprove diary - James Conlon
Microbiome: Gut bacteria and IBD - Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Probiotic foods - ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease
Kefir and IBD
IBD symptoms when in clinical remission
Symptoms of IBD
Diarrhoea and IBD
Fatigue and IBD
Why do we get so fatigued with IBD?
Tips for fighting fatigue
Trapped wind and how to relieve it
What is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)?
What is ulcerative colitis (UC)?
What is pancolitis?
What is proctosigmoiditis?
What is ulcerative proctitis?
What is left-sided (distal) colitis?
Ulcerative colitis disease types
IBD and IBS
How the digestive system works
How the immune system works
What is Crohn's disease
What is gastroduodenal Crohn's disease?
What is crohn's ileitis?
What is ileocolitis?
What is jejunoileitis?
What is perianal Crohn's?
What is Crohn's (granulomatous) colitis?
Different locations of Crohn's disease
What is microscopic colitis?
What is indeterminate colitis
What is faecal calprotectin test for IBD?
¿Qué es enfermedad de Crohn?
¿Qué es la colitis ulcerosa?
Constipation and how to help