Topics: Conditions and Diseases : Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Crohn’s disease is an illness in which the wall of the intestine becomes sore, inflamed, and swollen. Common symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, and weight loss. Children who have not been treated may have poor growth. Ulcerative Colitis is an illness in which the swelling is limited to the colon. Common symptoms of ulcerative colitis are also stomach pain and diarrhea, often bloody diarrhea. Weight loss and poor growth occur less often.