IBD Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE TWO MAJOR DISEASES PART OF IBD
ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND CROHN’S DISEASE
HOW MANY AUSTRALIANS ARE AFFECTED BY IBD
MORE THAN 80000
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON AGE FOR IBD
15-35
WHAT IS COMMON TO IBD
GENETIC PREDISPOSITION
AUTOIMMUNE DYSFUNCTION
ABNORMAL GUT FLORA
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
COMMON CLINICAL FEATURES OF IBD
ABDO PAIN
FREQUENT DIARRHOEA (+/- MUCUS AND BLOOD)
TIREDNESS
FEVER
ANOREXIA
WEIGHT LOSS
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON MEDICATION FOR IBD
CORTOCOSTEROIDS
WHY CAN CORTICOSTEROIDS LEAD TO BONE LOSS
DOWN REGULATES OSTEOBLASTIC ACTION, AND INCREASES OSTEOCLASTIC ACTION, LEADING TO OSTEOPOROSIS
WHAT ARE SOME LESSER COMMON CLINICAL FEATURES OF IBD
JOINT PAIN
MOUTH ULCERS
UVEITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE EYE)
SKIN RASHES
WHAT IS ULCERATIVE COLITIS
ULCERATION OF COLONIC MUCOSA USUALLY IN THE RECTUM AND SIGMOID COLON
WHAT LAYER OF THE GIT DOES ULCERITIVE COLITIS AFFECT
MUCOSAL LAYER
HOW DOES ULCERATIVE COLITIS SPREAD
UNIFORMLY
HEALING OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS WITH FIBROSIS LEADS TO
PSEUDOPOLYP FORMATION
WHICH PART OF THE GIT DOES CROHNS AFFECT
ANY PART FROM THE MOUTH TO THE ANUS
WHAT PART OF THE GIT WALL DOES CROHNS AFFECT
INFLAMMATION BEGINS IN THE SUBMUCOSA AND CAN INVOLVE THE ENTIRE THICKNESS OF THE INTESTINAL WALL
WHAT ARE TH EMOST COMMON SITES OF CROHNS
TERMINAL ILEUM, ASCENDING COLON, TRANSVERSE COLON
