IHS
//www.ihs.gov/index.cfm?module=About or by contacting the IHS Public Affairs Staff at 301-443-3593.
Read Also:
- Ileal pouch
A surgically created chamber made up of a portion of the lower part of the ileum, the last (lowest) part of the small intestine. The ileal pouch generally connects to the rectum with the muscles of this area left intact (the anus) to allow continuation of bowel control. The ileal pouch acts as a reservoir […]
- Ileitis, Crohn
Involvement of the large intestine (colon) only is called Crohn’s colitis or granulomatous colitis, while involvement of the small intestine alone is called Crohn’s enteritis. The most common part of the small intestine to be affected by Crohn’s disease is the last portion, called the ileum. Active disease in this area is termed Crohn’s ileitis. […]
- Ileitis, terminal
Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine involving only the end of the small intestine (the terminal ileum). Crohn’s disease affects primarily the small and large intestines but which can occur anywhere in the digestive system between the mouth and the anus. Named after Burrill Crohn who described the disease in 1932. The […]
- Ileocolitis, Crohn
Involvement of the large intestine (colon) only is called Crohn colitis or granulomatous colitis, while involvement of the small intestine alone is called Crohn enteritis. The most common part of the small intestine to be affected by Crohn disease is the last portion, called the ileum. Active disease in this area is termed Crohn ileitis. […]
- Ileoscopy
Use of a flexible instrument (a “scope”) to examine the ileum which is the lowest part of the small intestine. Ileoscopy is usually accomplished during colonoscopy, when the instrument tip passes first through the rectum and the lower colon and eventually reaches the area where the ileum and the colon (the large bowel) connect. The […]