What Complications are there that I Should Look Out For?

COM PLJCA T !ONS CAUSED BY lNflammatory howel disease (lBD) can be chiss ified hroadly into three subgrour~ (Table 1). The first subgroup consists of complications directly related Lo the activity or extent of the underlying intestinal disease. They may occur with acute exaccrharions Of ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease. The second ~ubgrour, nutritional complications, arc either Jue to an increased energy requirement of the patient or decreased nutri tion intake because of symptoms related to eating. Finally, there arc a variety of nonbowel or extraintest inal manifestations of IBD which may become symptomatic at the time of acute exacerbations of the underlying disease.