Project Introduction & Resources

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