麻豆果冻传媒

IBD Patient and Family Resources

The 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health IBD program offers a self-management handbook for patients and their families called 鈥My IBD Care Book.鈥

We also encourage patients to sign up for our listserv, which allows you to keep in touch with our community and get the latest news on IBD treatments and therapies. To sign up, please email Megan Christofferson.

Recommended resources

About the diagnosis

  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:听鈥溾
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾
  • IBD School with Peter Higgins: 鈥溾
  • 狈滨惭叠础尝:听鈥溾

About diagnostic tests

  • For kids:听听(video) and听Cappy鈥檚 Greatest Adventure听(,听)
  • For adults:听听补苍诲听
  • Lab tests online:听

At the 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health IBD program, we take an individualized approach for each patient when it comes to therapy. No two individual IBD patients are the same. Based on family- and disease-specific needs, our care team will work with you to find the right balance.

Trouble swallowing pills?听听fact sheet.

Need help remembering to take your pills? Here are some听.

Medications

  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾 (5-ASAs)
    Sulfasalazine, Asacol庐, Pentasa庐, Lialda庐, Apriso鈩, Delzicol鈩
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾
    Remicade庐, Humira庐, Cimzia庐, Simponi庐, Tysabri庐, Entyvio鈩
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾
    Prednisone, Entocort, Uceris庐
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾
    Azathioprine, Mercaptopurine (6MP), Cyclosporine, Tacrolimus (Prograf), Methotrexate
  • Cincinnati Children's: 鈥溾

Drug assistance programs

  • For Remicade:听
  • For Humira:听

Diets

  • GIKids.org,听IBD and Nutrition听podcast series: Episode 2: 鈥溾
  • GIKids.org,听IBD and Nutrition听podcast series: Episode 3: 鈥溾
  • 狈滨惭叠础尝:听

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:听
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:听

Surgery

  • Healthwise Decision Aid: 鈥溾
  • NASPGHAN: 鈥淚BD听鈥
  • GIKids.org,听IBD and Nutrition听podcast series: Episode 1: 鈥溾
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:听
  • NASPGHAN: 鈥溾
  • NASPGHAN: 鈥溾

Non-gastrointestinal symptoms

  • IBD School with Peter Higgins: 鈥溾

Immunizations

  • NASPGHAN: 鈥溾

Stress and behavioral health

  • 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health: 鈥溾
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾

Social networking sites and health trackers

  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:听
  • GI Buddy

For younger children

  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:听听Activity Book
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:听

For teens and young adults

  • SickKids: 鈥溾
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾

Events and camps

  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:听听for Crohn鈥檚 and Colitis
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:听
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation:

Understanding insurance and IBD

  • Kaiser Family Foundation: 鈥溾
  • Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation: 鈥溾