Close monitoring and follow up visits are essential to keep your child as healthy as possible. Keeping doctor's appointments and taking the medications prescribed daily is the best way to stay healthy.
Additionally, the IBD Center recently created a take-home binder full of information about Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis for newly diagnosed patients. It will help familiarize patients and their families with the staff they will encounter during their care at Children's and the various clinical terms they may hear throughout the course of their disease, as well as empower them to keep track of their illness.
|
As needed the gastroenterologist may require some testing for patients. These include, but are not limited to: 
Please make sure that medical records are sent to our center before attending a second opinion appointment. To make your visit here as complete and useful as possible our physicians will need:
Outside resources are also available. The Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease is closely associated with The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. The CCFA sponsors basic and clinical research of the highest quality. The foundation also offers a wide range of educational programs for patients and health-care professionals, and provides supportive services to help people cope with these chronic intestinal diseases. These programs are supported solely by contributions from the public. For more information please visit their website: 
