Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Aminosalicylates, steroids and immunosuppressants — and the biologics that changed IBD care.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Calming a Gut That Attacks Itself
Unlike IBS, where the gut looks normal, inflammatory bowel disease is real, visible inflammation — the immune system attacking the bowel wall, causing ulcers, bleeding and pain. Treatment follows a clear ladder of increasingly powerful immune-calming drugs, and the strategy has two distinct jobs: put out the fire, then keep it from reigniting.
Biologics for IBD: Targeting the Exact Signal That Inflames the Gut
For moderate-to-severe inflammatory bowel disease that older drugs can't control, biologics have been transformative — laboratory-made antibodies that block one precise molecule driving the gut inflammation. If you met the asthma biologics, this will feel familiar: it's the same precision-medicine idea, aimed at the bowel.
