Tu - Inflammatory bowel disease in the clinic

Question 1

What is the cause of diarrhoea?

Answer 1

Water isn’t taken up by the body, or secretion of water in the colon.

Question 2

How many grams of faeces do we produce a day?

Answer 2

200 grams

Question 3

How many litres of fluid doe the intestinal tract have to deal with every day?

Answer 3

10L

Question 4

Where are nutrients taken up in the body?

Answer 4

Small intestine

Question 5

What is calprotectin?

Answer 5

An inflammatory parameter for IBD and other inflammation in the intestines

Question 6

Where In the intestinal tract can chrohn’s disease be?

Answer 6

Everywhere

Question 7

Where in the intestinal tract can ulcerative colitis be?

Answer 7

Colon

Question 8

Chrohn’s is a (discontinuous/continuous) disease

Answer 8

Discontinuous

Question 9

Ulcerative colitis is a (discontinuous/continuous) disease

Answer 9

Continuous

Question 10

What are the two forms of IBD?

Answer 10

Chrohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis

Question 11

What is the surgery for ulcerative colitis? Is it curative?

Answer 11

Colectomy, yes

Question 12

What is the surgery for Chrohn’s disease? Is it curative?

Answer 12

Ileocecal resection, no