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Altered bowel habit and rectal bleeding in pregnancy: the importance of recognising undiagnosed inflammatory bowel disease
Author(s) -
Singh Gurpreet,
Prentice Ralley,
Langsford David,
Christensen Britt,
Garg Mayur
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.15231
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , inflammatory bowel disease , ulcerative colitis , disease , genetics , biology
Worsening of disease activity during pregnancy in patients with known inflammatory bowel disease, especially ulcerative colitis (UC), is well recognised, but the diagnosis of new‐onset or previously undiagnosed UC in pregnancy has been inadequately studied to date. Recognition of gastrointestinal symptoms in pregnancy as potentially indicating UC is of paramount importance, as this allows appropriate investigation and instigation of therapies to optimise maternal and foetal outcomes. Here, we report three cases of women with gastrointestinal symptoms in pregnancy with disparate outcomes.