ibd Self-Management: The AGA Guide to Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Inflammatory bowel disease-Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis-strikes young people between the ages of 15 and 30 most often, but it can appear at any age. If you are among the 100,000 diagnosed with IBD each year, you need to know what Dr. Sunanda Kane knows about your challenges and what to do next. She will empower you at a time when it's easy for you, or your child, to feel powerless against IBD.

Through the personal stories of patients, you will learn how to prepare for emergencies, flares, treatment failures, surgeries, and all the "what ifs." Dr. Kane's patients have taught her that one size doesn't fit all when it comes to IBD treatment. She delivers straight talk that dispels myths on medications and nontraditional treatments, "healthy gut" diets and diets for flares, and cancer prevention. She'll help you understand what your doctor is telling you about tests and surgery so you can pinpoint your options.

Dealing with overwhelming pain and GI symptoms? Stuck on steroids? Wondering the best way to tell your boss or child's school and get the accommodations you need? Worried about fertility or which IBD drugs are safe while breastfeeding? Thinking about trying a "miracle cure" you found on the Internet? Get the reliable, researched-based facts so you can self-manage your Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis-for life!