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The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center aims to minimize bowel damage

 

One of the primary goals in managing inflammatory bowel disease at our center is to minimize progressive bowel damage from inflammation.

Treatment options—including medications and surgery—will depend on the symptoms, prognosis and severity of the disease.

We offer patients:

  • Highly trained specialists from gastroenterologists, pathologists, dietitians, radiologists and surgeons on the medical staff
  • Pathologists on our medical staff are specially skilled at diagnosing Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis and closely monitoring cancerous changes
  • Access to advanced clinical trials
  • The program at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, is consistently ranked for Gastroenterology and GI Surgery by US News & World Report

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Irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease

Themistocles Dassopoulos, MD, a gastroenterologist and Medical Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Baylor University Medical Center, speaks about irritable bowel syndrome versus inflammatory bowel disease.

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The link between IBD and enteropathic arthritis

About 15% of people who have inflammatory bowel diseases—such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis—also have enteropathic arthritis

Enteropathic arthritis is linked with gastrointestinal inflammation, according to Themistocles Dassopoulos, MD, Medical Director of the Baylor Scott & White Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at Baylor University Medical Center.

There are two major types of enteropathic arthritis:

  • Peripheral arthritis generally affects large peripheral joints, such as elbows, shoulders, knees and ankles. Unlike osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, this arthritis doesn’t lead to joint deformities, but it can cause severe joint pain, swelling and redness.
  • Central arthritis affects the spine and the sacroiliac joints—between the base of the spine and the pelvis—and can lead to spinal fusion.

Along with arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases are linked with autoimmune conditions of organs such as the eyes, liver and skin.

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Treating IBD and associated arthritis with medication

Because non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as aspirin and ibuprofen) can worsen bowel inflammation, acetaminophen is a better choice for joint pain relief.

Several new medications can treat both the bowel disease and associated arthritis, says Steve Appleton, MD, an orthopedic joint surgeon on the medical staff at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health.

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Successful transitioning from pediatric to adult care

Physicians and staff of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Baylor University Medical Center have helped many patients move from pediatric to adult IBD care

Ideally, the transition from pediatric to adult care occurs when the patient is healthy and the disease is in remission.

The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, focuses exclusively on the treatment of adult patients with IBD and patients transitioning from pediatric to adult care.

The conversion into adult care represents a critical process for children suffering from IBD. The IBD Center works with young patients, their families and pediatric GI specialists to create a smooth change into the adult care setting.

The center also works to help young adults become savvy decision makers when it comes to managing IBD in adulthood with the goal of long-term remission and normal quality of life.

Young patients ready to transition to adult care typically:

  • Exhibit maturity and responsibility in decision-making
  • Are more self-reliant and less dependent on parents when it comes to health decisions and taking medications
  • Are confident when speaking to medical professionals
  • Know or ask questions about their IBD history, so they can share it with future providers
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Research initiatives

In collaboration with Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center conducts a variety of drug trials and other research initiatives related to Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and other gastrointestinal issues.

In addition to trials for potential treatment options, we support studies that examine potential prevention and detection methods, trends in care and classifications of conditions.

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Effective IBD care

Out of adolescence into adulthood

The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, focuses exclusively on the treatment of adult patients with IBD and patients transitioning from pediatric to adult care.

The conversion into adult care represents a critical process for children suffering from IBD. The IBD Center works with young patients, their families and pediatric GI specialists to create a smooth change into the adult care setting.

The center also works to help young adults become savvy decision makers when it comes to managing IBD in adulthood with the goal of long-term remission and normal quality of life.

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Time for change?

 

Physicians and staff of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Baylor University Medical Center have helped many patients move from pediatric to adult IBD care

Ideally, the transition from pediatric to adult care occurs when the patient is healthy and the disease is in remission.

Young patients ready to transition to adult care typically:

  • Exhibit maturity and responsibility in decision-making
  • Are more self-reliant and less dependent on parents when it comes to health decisions and taking medications
  • Are confident when speaking to medical professionals
  • Know or ask questions about their IBD history, so they can share it with future providers
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