Condition
Crohn's Disease
Clear, practical articles to help you understand Crohn's Disease symptoms, medications, flares, nutrition, and everyday disease management. Browse our articles below.
Your Personal IBD Baseline: The Eight Things to Record When You Feel Well
Create a personal IBD baseline while you feel well with 8 records covering bowel habits, pain, fatigue, weight, lab results and medications.
When to Call Your GI, Visit Urgent Care, or Go to the ER for IBD
IBD emergency symptoms: learn when to call your GI, choose urgent care, or go to the ER for bleeding, fever, severe pain, dehydration, or obstruction.
When Your IBD Symptoms Don't Match Your Test Results
IBD symptoms not matching test results? Learn how IBS overlap, deficiencies and medication effects can explain the gap, and when to contact your GI.
When a Food Diary Becomes Too Restrictive: IBD Warning Signs
Is your IBD food diary too restrictive? Spot shrinking safe-food lists, meal anxiety and weight loss, then learn safer tracking and when to seek support.
What Your GI Needs to Know When You Report a Flare
What to tell your GI about an IBD flare: use a clear message template covering baseline changes, symptoms, labs, medications, triggers and urgent signs.
What Your Crohn's or UC Colonoscopy Score Means
Understand your Crohn's or UC colonoscopy score, including Mayo, UCEIS, SES-CD and Rutgeerts ranges, and compare it with symptoms and biomarkers.
What to Track During the First 12 Weeks on a New IBD Medication
Starting a new IBD medication? Learn what to track for 12 weeks, from baseline symptoms and dose dates to steroid taper, CRP and fecal calprotectin.
What to Tell a School Nurse About a Child or Teen With IBD
What to tell a school nurse about IBD: prepare a one-page summary covering medications, bathroom access, emergency signs, privacy and 504 needs.
What to Eat With a Crohn's Stricture: Texture, Fiber & Red Flags
Eating with a Crohn's stricture? Compare softer, lower-fiber options, 5-6 small meals and foods to avoid, plus when blockage signs need urgent care.
What to Do When Your Specialty Pharmacy Delays Your Biologic
Specialty pharmacy delaying your biologic? Get 4 call questions, an escalation plan, a call log, and bridge supply options before your dose is due.
What to Bring to an IBD Appointment: A One-Page Preparation Checklist
What to bring to an IBD appointment: use this one-page checklist to organize a 2-week symptom log, medications, recent labs and 3 key questions.
What to Ask Before Switching to an IBD Biosimilar
Switching to an IBD biosimilar? Use this question checklist to confirm why, dosing, monitoring, interchangeability, and your baseline with your GI.