Inflammatory Bowel
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Inflammatory Bowel conditions
Crohn DiseaseChronic inflammatory bowel disease causing transmural inflammation and skip lesions, often affecting the terminal ileum and leading to abdominal pain and diarrhea.ProctitisProctitis is inflammation of the rectal lining causing rectal pain, bleeding, and discharge. It can result from infections, inflammatory bowel disease, or radiation therapy.Ulcerative ColitisUlcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease causing continuous mucosal inflammation of the colon, often presenting with bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain.