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✨ #UlcerativeColitis (UC) & #CrohnsDisease (CD) are not cured by surgery ✨
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✨ IBD is NOT contagious ✨
#CrohnsDisease and #UlcerativeColitis are not bacterial, fungal, or any other type of infection which can be passed on. We cannot infect you with our immune-mediated disease!
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✨ You can be very ill and not be in the hospital ✨
It's often assumed that because someone isn't in the hospital, is making it into work, or is not screaming in pain, that they are “not that sick”.
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✨ Controlled inflammation in your digestive system does NOT mean you are well ✨
Having no active inflammation in your digestive system does not mean that someone is “well”.
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✨ You CAN be very sick and still look healthy and well ✨
There is a reason that #CrohnsDisease and #UlcerativeColitis are referred to as invisible illnesses....
Myth: "It's just a stomach problem"
Reality: IBD affects your entire body and mind. Let's normalize the whole-person impact 🧠💚
When someone says "but you look fine," remember: IBD is a systemic inflammatory disease, not just a "stomach problem."
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✨You can be flaring and NOT lose weight ✨
Weight loss is a symptom of a flare, but not losing, or gaining weight does not mean that someone is not flaring.
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✨ Having an #ileostomy or #colostomy does not mean that you can eat whatever you want ✨
Active disease, strictures and adhesions are some of the reasons that may prevent an #ostomate from being able to eat everything and anything.
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✨ Standard tests such as blood tests & stool samples don't definitively diagnose a flare ✨
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✨ There is NO CURE ✨
No, really, there isn’t. The symptoms of #InflammatoryBowelDisease are treated with medications and/or surgery. Some lifestyle changes and alternative therapies may help some people. #IBD might go into remission....
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✨ Colitis and #UlcerativeColitis are not the same ✨
The term colitis simply means that there is inflammation in the colon.
This is why the form of #CrohnsDisease which presents in the colon is called Crohn’s Colitis.
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✨ IBD is not like, or in any way related to, IBS ✨
The conditions and treatments are completely different.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common condition that affects the digestive system without any evidence
