How to Tell if Lower Abdominal Pain is Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Crohn’s Disease?
1. Introduction Irritable bowel syndrome causes functional abdominal pain that is frequently relieved by a bowel movement and never damages the intestinal lining. Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that creates deep, structural ulcerations in the digestive tract, producing continuous pain, unexplained weight loss, and chronic systemic inflammation. Distinguishing a functional motility issue from … Read more