Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is not a single disease. The term IBD is used mainly to describe two diseases:

Crohn�s disease
ulcerative colitis

Both Crohn�s disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic (long-term) diseases that involve inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (gut). However, there are important differences between the two.

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