Open AccessCLINICAL FEATURES OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND CROHN'S DISEASE IN CHILDREN OF GOMEL REGION
Author(s) -
С. К. Лозовик,
L. A. Hmylko
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2014-11-2-12
Subject(s) - ulcerative colitis , medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , disease , crohn's disease , quality of life (healthcare) , inflammatory bowel diseases , population , gastroenterology , environmental health , nursing
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases characterized by progressive course. For the past 20 years the prevalence of this pathology has increased in children, mostly among urban population of industrialized countries. Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases in children and adolescents have their peculiar features, change the quality of life, causing a number of psychological and social problems.