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How to deliver great care to pediatric Crohn’s and IBD patients

By The DO Staff

12.10.21

Denial was the best way to describe my relationship with Crohn’s disease after my diagnosis at the age of ten and for nearly a decade thereafter. Eventually, I was able to turn my struggles with Crohn’s disease into a positive force in my life. Along the way, I learned much about the patient-physician relationship. Below is my advice on treating pediatric Crohn’s/IBD patients based on my own experience navigating Crohn’s as a child and teenager, as well as a short explainer on Crohn’s and what it’s like to live with it.