Disordered Eating in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Have you ever cut out entire food groups or severely restricted the amount of food you eat because of your Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis? Have your IBD symptoms caused you so much pain and discomfort that you fear eating or have avoided meals all together? Do you obsess over “safe” foods or try to control your symptoms when you are out with other people by eating at specific times or avoiding food until late in the evening when you’re home…

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The Role of TPN in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: What is it and Why is it Used?

TPN, or Total Parenteral (pronounced pah-wren-tur-ull) Nutrition, in the simplest way to describe it is to receive nutrition through your veins and into the bloodstream. To go more in-depth, it is used to feed a person intravenously to bypass the normal process of eating and digestion. Basically you won’t be eating by mouth and food will not be traveling through your digestive tract. You’ll be “eating” through your veins…

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