Treating IBD. A Patient's Guide to the Medical and Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
by the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA).

Written specifically for patients with IBD, the book provides information on current medical and surgical therapies beginning in detail with covering the medications commonly used in IBD, explaining how they work, what their benefits are and what side-effects occur.

Problems such as managing the complications of IBD, treating the psychological effects caused by IBD, management during pregnancy and treating children and older people with IBD are also fully explained.

A further section dealing with supportive treatments includes, nutritional management, psychotherapy and patient support groups. Various surgical procedures used in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are fully covered in the latter part of the book and address important concerns facing patients including, psychological preparation for surgery, giving informed consent, talking to your surgeon, what to expect before, during and after surgery, the role of the stoma therapy nurse and what kind of nursing care the patient will receive.

Information is also given on special problems in surgery during pregnancy and in older people. A glossary of medical and surgical terms appears at the end of the book. Recommended as an essential resource for all patients undergoing medical or surgical treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, the book also offers physicians and nurses valuable assistance in explaining these treatments to patients.