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What is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? How would I know if I have IBD? Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, answers patients' most commonly searched questions about IBD, including symptoms, treatment, prevention, and more.

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0:00 Intro
0:16 What Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
1:07 How Would I Know If I Have IBD?
1:56 If I Have Colitis, Does That Mean I Have Ulcerative Colitis?
2:39 Why Did I Get IBD?
3:40 How Do We Treat IBD?
4:26 What Are The Risks Of Treatment?
4:38 Is My IBD Going To Go Away?
5:11 Will I Need Surgery?
5:27 How Can IBD Be Prevented?

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