Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis both fall into a category of diseases called inflammatory bowel disease. This is a classification of diseases in which inflammation forms in a part of the patient's digestive tract, known as the gastrointestinal tract or gastrointestinal tract. The immune system then treats this inflammatory area as a foreign pathogen and attacks it. The causes of both of these diseases are currently unknown to the medical world. Burrill B. Crohn first described the condition known as Crohn's disease in 1932. Crohn discovered the disease with the help of fellow scientists Dr. Leon Ginzburg and Dr. Gordon D. Oppenheimer. It was for Dr. Burrill B. Crohn that the disease was named so. There are some differences between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Both have symptoms of varying severity, which vary widely from person to person. In Crohn's disease, these symptoms and complications may include abdominal pain and cramps. Others include frequent diarrhea, rectal bleeding, a feeling of needing to empty the bowels, and constipation. On the other hand, ulcerative colitis has a similar, but slightly different set of common symptoms. The most common of these symptoms is diarrhea. Other symptoms of ulcerative colitis include blood in the stool, abdominal pain, and a feeling of urgency. The most obvious complication related to ulcerative colitis is general discomfort and difficulty with bowel movements. There are different forms of both of these diseases. The type of each disease refers to the location in the digestive tract where the inflammation occurs. Whereas one person may experience discomfort coming from the area of ​​the gastrointestinal tract near the rectum, another... middle of paper......tance, which creates contrast, and undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging scan, Tomography computerized (CT) or fluoroscopic x-ray. In addition to endoscopy, a biopsy may be recommended. During a biopsy, a small piece of tissue is removed from an inflamed area. This piece of tissue is then examined pathologically to determine whether or not one of the diseases is present. Treatment for inflammatory bowel disease is complicated. There is currently no cure for Crohn's disease (and technically there is no legitimate cure for ulcerative colitis). Furthermore, there is no safe way to treat the disease, as there is no one drug that works for everyone. Treatments for Crohn's disease also differ from treatments for ulcerative colitis. The purpose of ulcerative colitis medications is to reduce inflammation in the colon, thereby giving the tissue a window to heal.