A Clinician's Guide to Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseAbout This Hardback Inflammatory bowel disease or IBD is a broad term used to describe disorders that involve chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. The two types of inflammatory bowel diseases are ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Some of the symptoms of IBD are diarrhea, rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, reduced appetite, fatigue, and weight loss. Diet, stress and immune system malfunction are a few of its suspected causes. Inflammatory