How to Be Happy & Healthy With IBD: Reducing the Day-to-Day Burden
About IBD
English - May 02, 2022 04:00 - 35 minutes - 40.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Nutrition chronic colitis crohns health ibd ileostomy jpouch ostomy spoonie Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Whether in remission or not, the day-to-day of life with IBD can be challenging. Living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, even when feeling well, might mean making lifestyle changes, going to doctor’s appointments, and taking medications. Many people are diagnosed young, at a time when their friends aren’t going through anything similar. To understand how people might deal effectively with these changes, Amber talks with Dr Sandra Quezada, a gastroenterologist who specializes in IBD at the University of Maryland Medical Center and Varada Srivastava, a Crohn’s disease patient and biotechnology major who is also a 2022 Crohn’s and Colitis Young Adults Network fellow
Concepts discussed on this episode include:
Crohn’s and Colitis Young Adults Network Your Guide to Preparing for College with IBD IBD in College: 10 Easy Ways Students Can Manage Effects of Drinking Alcohol With IBDFind Sandra Quezada, MD on Twitter and at University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Find Varada Srivastava on Instagram and at Crohn’s and Colitis Young Adults Network (CCYAN).
Find Amber J Tresca at AboutIBD.com, Verywell, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.
Credits: Mix and sound design is by Mac Cooney. Theme music, "IBD Dance Party," is from ©Cooney Studio.
Episode transcript and more information at https:/bit.ly/AIBD115