Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Symptoms are varied, comprising:

• Classical symptoms include diarrhoea, blood in the stool, weight loss, mouth ulcers and abdominal pain.
• Subtle symptoms include change in bowel habit, failure to thrive in babies, lagging developmental milestones in children, bloating and lethargy.
• Less common symptoms include anal fistulas, passing faeces or air in the urine.