Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Care and Research

Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease affects thousands of children and teenagers. https:://www.chop.edu/IBD

0:03 Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis patient stories
1:34 What is inflammatory bowel disease?
2:14 How do you diagnose inflammatory bowel disease?
4:11 Inflammatory bowel disease in very young children
4:29 Endoscopy for inflammatory bowel disease
4:50 Diet changes to help inflammatory bowel disease
5:09 Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease
5:25 Clinical research trials for inflammatory bowel disease
6:19 Inflammatory bowel disease patient stories

The Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is a world leader in research and care for pediatric IBD.

IBD includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Pediatric Crohn's disease and pediatric ulcerative colitis can be debilitating. At CHOP, a team of experienced pediatric gastroenterologists, specialized nurses, dietitians and others can make a huge difference in each child's quality of life.

For Crohn's disease in kids and ulcerative colitis in kids, access to clinical trials (research trials) is one important component to consider when choosing a place to receive care. CHOP has the most active research program in country in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

The hospital also has a specialized team for very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD), an especially severe form of the condition found in infants and young children.