Open AccessInflammatory bowel disease in children, an evolving problem in Kuwait
Author(s) -
Wafa’a Al-Qabandi,
Eman Buhamrah,
Khaled Hamadi,
Suad A Al-Osaimi,
Ahlam A Al-Ruwayeh,
JohnPatrick Madda
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.84487
Subject(s) - medicine , pancolitis , inflammatory bowel disease , ulcerative colitis , diarrhea , incidence (geometry) , abdominal pain , disease , pediatrics , failure to thrive , epidemiology , presentation (obstetrics) , crohn's disease , gastroenterology , colonoscopy , surgery , physics , colorectal cancer , cancer , optics
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was previously thought a rare disease among children in Kuwait since most diarrhea cases were attributed to infections. In the past few years we observed an increase in the number of patients presenting with IBD. In this study we aimed to determine the epidemiology of IBD among children in the State of Kuwait.