Johns Hopkins Children's Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center found that pediatric IBD is diagnosed late despite its becoming more common, according to a Johns Hopkins news release.
Of the two main forms of IBD — Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis — CD appears to be increasing faster than UC in children, according to Maria Oliva-Hemker, MD, chief of the Hopkins Children's Gastroenterology & Nutrition division and director of its comprehensive IBD center. She also said that children with CD are typically diagnosed later than children with UC because of the former's symptom of vague abdominal pain compared to the bloody stool symptom in UC.
Read the John's Hopkins Children's Center release on pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
Read more coverage on IBD:
- Study: Patients With Both IBD and PSC Develop Colonic Neoplasms Soon After
- VA Tech: Immune System Changes Linked to IBD
- Risk of Death Heightened for IBD Patients with Healthcare-Associated Infections
Of the two main forms of IBD — Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis — CD appears to be increasing faster than UC in children, according to Maria Oliva-Hemker, MD, chief of the Hopkins Children's Gastroenterology & Nutrition division and director of its comprehensive IBD center. She also said that children with CD are typically diagnosed later than children with UC because of the former's symptom of vague abdominal pain compared to the bloody stool symptom in UC.
Read the John's Hopkins Children's Center release on pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
Read more coverage on IBD:
- Study: Patients With Both IBD and PSC Develop Colonic Neoplasms Soon After
- VA Tech: Immune System Changes Linked to IBD
- Risk of Death Heightened for IBD Patients with Healthcare-Associated Infections