Do you have a friend or family member with inflammatory bowel disease? Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease, are chronic inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract caused by interactions between genetic, environmental, immunological and microbial factors. While the incidence and prevalence of IBD in Asian populations were relatively lower than those in Western countries, they appear to be gradually increasing. Conjointly, paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) in Asia, once considered a rare entity, has seen a sharp increase in incidence over the preceding decade. This epidemiological trend has been consistently observed in both the adult and paediatric Asian populations….
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