Types of inflammatory bowel disease
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are the most common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Some people have a non-specific form of IBD that is like ulcerative colitis but doesn't have all its features. This may be a different type of ulcerative colitis.
For up to 10% of people who have symptoms, neither Crohn's disease nor ulcerative colitis can be diagnosed.1 These people have a form of IBD called indeterminate colitis, which doctors believe is a combination of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
| Author: | Douglas Dana Monica Rhodes | Last Updated: February 1, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Andrew Swan, MD, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine Arvydas D. Vanagunas, MD - Gastroenterology | |
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