{"id":19491,"date":"2025-04-02T12:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19491"},"modified":"2025-04-05T17:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:24:16","slug":"ibd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ibd\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Inflammatory Bowel Disease Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Jipmer recently launched a support group for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).<\/p>\n<h2>About Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an umbrella term for a group of <strong>conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of<\/strong> the <strong>tissues in the digestive tract.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The most <strong>common types<\/strong> of IBD include:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ulcerative colitis. <\/strong>This condition involves <strong>inflammation <\/strong>and sores, called<strong> ulcers, along the lining of the colon and rectum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Crohn&#8217;s disease:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In this type of IBD, the<strong> lining of the digestive tract is inflamed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The condition often involves the <strong>deeper layers of the digestive tract.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Crohn&#8217;s disease <strong>most commonly affects the small intestine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>However, it also can affect the large intestine and, uncommonly, the upper gastrointestinal tract.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms:<\/strong> Symptoms of both ulcerative colitis and Crohn&#8217;s disease usually include <strong>belly pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, extreme tirednes<\/strong>s, and <strong>weight loss.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Causes<\/strong>: The exact cause of IBD is unknown, but IBD is the result of a <strong>weakened immune system.<\/strong> Possible causes are:\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>immune system responds incorrectly to environmental triggers,<\/strong> such as viruses or bacteria, which cause inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.<\/li>\n<li>There also appears to be a <strong>genetic component<\/strong>. Someone with a family history of IBD is more likely to develop this inappropriate immune response.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatment<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>IBD is a <strong>chronic or long-term condition<\/strong>, but there are <strong>treatments <\/strong>available <strong>to ease symptoms<\/strong> and prevent flare-ups.<\/li>\n<li>IBD treatment usually involves either <strong>medicines or surgery.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Inflammatory Bowel Disease FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What does the term &#8220;Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)&#8221; refer to?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. A group of conditions causing inflammation in the digestive tract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What part of the digestive tract does Crohn\u2019s disease most commonly<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Small intestine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) curable?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. IBD is a chronic or long-term condition, but there are treatments available to ease symptoms and prevent flare-ups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/puducherry\/jipmer-starts-support-group-for-patients-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease\/article69396652.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for a group of conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of the tissues in the digestive tract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}