Mayo Clinic on Crohn's disease & ulcerative colitis : strategies to manage IBD and take charge of your life

Farraye, Francis A. (author.). Kane, Sunanda, (author.).

Summary: "[L]earn the science behind IBD and how it strikes, what medications to discuss with your doctor, when to consider surgery, how the disease can affect other parts of your body, and ways to change your lifestyle to manage and live well with your illness."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781945564086 (trade paperback)
Physical Description: print
191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Rochester, MN : Mayo Clinic Press, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why IBD? Why me? -- Understanding ulcerative colitis -- Understanding Crohn's disease -- Other types of IBD -- Self-management : it's your IBD -- Medications for IBD -- IBD affects more than your gut -- The IBD-cancer connection -- When you need surgery -- The food fight : what can you eat? -- Taking charge of your lifestyle -- Sex, fertility and pregnancy -- Growing up with IBD.