Episode Summary Dr. Eric Acker is joined by Drs. Amulya, Michael Bass, and Nicole Ebalo to discuss Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The team reviews presentation, diagnosis, imaging, pathology, and management from mild to fulminant disease.

Key Discussion Points

1. Presentation & Epidemiology Typical symptoms: diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue.

• UC: Bloody diarrhea, urgency, tenesmus.
• Crohn’s: Non-bloody diarrhea, crampy pain; may have constipation
• Extraintestinal: Arthritis, erythema nodosum, uveitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis.
• Epidemiology: Bimodal (15–30 & 50–80 yrs); Crohn’s—slight female predominance, UC—slight male pre ...