Project Introduction & Resources

YOUR BTECH APPLIED SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT

INTRODUCTION & RESOURCES

YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Write a patient information leaflet or poster covering the symptoms, diagnostic process, medical intervention, and health implications associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

ï Explain how the disease affects the body using the correct biological terminology.

ï Consider the effects on the person with the disease and how medical intervention seeks to treat those effects.

ï Evaluations must cover the implications to the health status of the patient compared with the healthy functioning of the digestive system.

HOW THIS RESOURCE CAN HELP YOU:

THIS RESOURCE AIMS TO:

ï Provide you with introductory background information and some resources for your project

ï Enable you to do your own further research and begin your project!

In addition to this introductory & resources section, it includes the following e-books:

What is IBD? ï What is Inflammatory Bowel Disease? (IBD) ï What are the symptoms of the disease? ï What are the treatment options for patients? ï What is the impact of the disease on patients’ lives? IBD Testing ï What methods are used for testing and monitoring the disease? ï What is Calprotectin Testing?

FURTHER RESOURCES FOR YOUR RESEARCH: Along with the useful information and videos you will find throughout these documents, we have also listed a number of additional relevant links that will help with your studies.

NHS Websites (description of symptoms, treatments, tests): ï www.nhs.uk/conditions/inflammatory-bowel-disease/

ï www.nhs.uk/conditions/ulcerative-colitis/ ï www.nhs.uk/conditions/crohns-disease/

Others: ï www.cdc.gov/ibd/what-is-IBD.htm ï www.bladderandbowel.org/bowel/stoma/what-is-a-stoma/ Calprotectin: ï www.calprotectin.co.uk/about-calprotectin/ ï www.calprotectin.co.uk/about-calprotectin/information-for-patients/ ï www.calprotectin.co.uk/calprotectin-products/calprotectin-for laboratories/ Other tests: ï www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/pdfs/ diagnosingibd.pdf

Diet: ï www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/diet-and-nutrition/special-ibd-diets

Charities (Information and Wellbeing): ï www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk ï www.boweldisease.org.uk ï www.gutscharity.org.uk

A MESSAGE FROM ALPHA LABORATORIES

We hope you will find some inspiration for your task with the use of these resources.

Alpha Laboratories would like to wish you Good luck with your project and Good luck with your studies!

This concludes the ‘Introduction & Resources’ section.

Take a look through the additional e-books for more information which will help you with your project:

What is IBD?

Testing for IBD