NUR 113 IBD
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – answer chronic inflammation of your digestive tract.
2 Types of IBD include: Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Crohn's disease - answera chronic autoimmune disorder that is most often found in the
ileum and in the colon
-fistulas/clubbing of the colon
-skipped lessions in the intestinal tract
-diarrhea
Crohn's disease can eat through the mucosa and connects via... - answerfistula to the
urinary tract causing the urine to smell like feces
ulcerative colitis - answera chronic condition of unknown cause in which repeated
episodes of inflammation in the rectum and large intestine cause ulcers and irritation
-more likely to bleed
-continual lesion in the intestinal tract
-diarrhea
-fecal incontinence
pt with ulcerative colitis is experiencing 20-30 bloody stools a day which puts them at
risk for - answer-need for blood transfusion
-poor quality of life/ psychosocial issues
treatment for both - answerRectum can often be preserved with Crohn's, but is less
likely the case with ulcerative colitis because they do a colectomy (entire removal) thus
a patient will have some type of ostomy to deal with.
ulcerative colitis patients are more likely to get... - answercolon cancer
both patients are more likely to have.. - answer-absorption issues
-kidney stones,
-arthritis,
-uveitis
uvetitis - answerinflammation of middle layers of the eye
why is TPN sometimes required for these disease? - answerthe intestinal tract is so
inflamed your body cant absorb nutrients like its supposed too. Also it can give the
intestional tract a break from trying to break down the food past the inflammation.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – answer chronic inflammation of your digestive tract.
2 Types of IBD include: Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Crohn's disease - answera chronic autoimmune disorder that is most often found in the
ileum and in the colon
-fistulas/clubbing of the colon
-skipped lessions in the intestinal tract
-diarrhea
Crohn's disease can eat through the mucosa and connects via... - answerfistula to the
urinary tract causing the urine to smell like feces
ulcerative colitis - answera chronic condition of unknown cause in which repeated
episodes of inflammation in the rectum and large intestine cause ulcers and irritation
-more likely to bleed
-continual lesion in the intestinal tract
-diarrhea
-fecal incontinence
pt with ulcerative colitis is experiencing 20-30 bloody stools a day which puts them at
risk for - answer-need for blood transfusion
-poor quality of life/ psychosocial issues
treatment for both - answerRectum can often be preserved with Crohn's, but is less
likely the case with ulcerative colitis because they do a colectomy (entire removal) thus
a patient will have some type of ostomy to deal with.
ulcerative colitis patients are more likely to get... - answercolon cancer
both patients are more likely to have.. - answer-absorption issues
-kidney stones,
-arthritis,
-uveitis
uvetitis - answerinflammation of middle layers of the eye
why is TPN sometimes required for these disease? - answerthe intestinal tract is so
inflamed your body cant absorb nutrients like its supposed too. Also it can give the
intestional tract a break from trying to break down the food past the inflammation.
