Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Finding IBD Treatments

Have you been searching for a highly trained gastroenterologist who can answer your questions about inflammatory bowel disease treatments?  Or maybe you would like a proper IBD diagnosis. Either way, at GI of the Rockies, our team of doctors will listen to you and prove how much they care. We are here to help you find the right IBD doctor in Denver – or connect you with our doctors who treat patients in six additional GI clinics in Boulder, Broomfield, Lafayette, Lakewood, Longmont, and Northglenn.  Click our branch locations page to find one of our IBD doctors in your neighborhood.

When we discuss Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), it’s easier to think of it as an umbrella term that includes Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s Disease (CD). Both of these chronic digestive conditions are characterized by symptoms like inflammation and GI distress at different locations in the GI tract.

• Ulcerative Colitis generally targets the large intestine, AKA colon
• Crohn’s Disease can target any location along the GI tract, although it commonly targets the small intestine and may target multiple locations of the intestine [Source: Hopkins Medicine]

Common IBD symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, urgency to defecate or fecal incontinence. This page provides information to help you better understand IBD so you can discuss IBD symptoms and explore treatment options with your GI specialist.

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IBD & IBS: Similarities & Differences

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is the  Inflammation or destruction of the bowel wall,  leading to sores & narrowing of the intestines. It is a structural disease where physical damage causes symptoms. Doctors can see chronic inflammation or ulcers when they inspect the gut.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a disorder of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It is a functional disease, which means that tests (such as a colonoscopy, stool or blood tests) won’t show any physical reason for symptoms. It’s possible to have both IBD and IBS.