Inflammatory bowel disease and pregnancy: fertility, complications and treatment
Mohammad Fahad Ali
Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is commonly diagnosed and treated in the young population. Therefore, it is common that women anticipating or undergoing pregnancy will have to cope with the additional burden of their IBD. Pregnancy in an IBD patient also presents challenges for the practitioner, in that the usual diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium of potential tests and therapies is disrupted. This review covers the implications of IBD for fertility, pregnancy and offspring, and discusses the management of IBD in pregnancy.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineInflammatory bowel diseasePregnancyFertilityDiseaseOffspringInflammatory Bowel DiseasesIntensive care medicinePopulationObstetricsPediatricsInternal medicineBiologyGeneticsEnvironmental healthPregnancy and Medication ImpactInflammatory Bowel DiseaseEosinophilic Esophagitis