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Closed Free prescription medication for those with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases are a group of chronic (no cure) illnesses that affect the digestive system. The two main of these are Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn's disease. A person with these illness may not look sick outwardly but inside be ravaged and in unimaginable pain. Research symptoms for more

Common symptoms include

-diarrhoea
-Constipation
-fever.
-vitamin deficiency
-Extreme chronic fatigue
-Abdominal pain & Cramping
-Bloody stools
-ulceration in the mouth, stomach, Large bowel
-Unintended weight fluctuations

Other symptoms include:
-Chronic inflammation of joins and painful joints.
-Nausea
-Vomitting
-Irritated eyes (uveitis)
-Red sore & often swollen skin
-Mouth Ulcers

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