10 Causes of Abdominal Pain
Cause #6: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory bowel disease or IBD, is a term used to describe several disorders involving the inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. It is caused by a dysregulated immune response, causing inflammation to occur. The main IBD disorders are Crohn’s disease, which can affect any part of the gut, and ulcerative colitis which only affects the large intestines, also called colon.
Symptoms of IBD normally come and go depending on the degree of inflammation. When it flares, IBD presents with cramping pain, fever, loss of appetite, urgent need to defecate, diarrhea which may be bloody and anemia.
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