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Canada: Causes Parts and Colitis Canada

canada: IBD is a group of disorders that causes parts of the gastrointestinal tract to become severely inflamed and develop ulcers, according to CTV. The symptoms of these lifelong diseases can be debilitating and may include intense abdominal pain, internal bleeding, fatigue, vomiting, and frequent trips to the washroom. Crohn's and Colitis Canada released the findings of a multi-year report on the impact of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis the main two forms of IBD in Canada on Thursday. There are 270,000 Canadians currently living with the disease 135,000 with Crohn's disease, 120,000 with ulcerative colitis, and 15,000 with unclassified IBD, according to the organization. We're raising the alarm and telling the government that these are diseases that are on the rise and we need to start thinking about them now and be in front of them. By 2030, that number is expected to rise by 50 per cent and approximately 400,000 Canadians, or 1 per cent of the population, will be diagnosed with IBD. In 2018, the cost of caring for people with IBD was around 2.5 billion and as there are more people living with these diseases, these costs are going to increase significantly, Mina Mawani, the president and CEO of Crohn's and Colitis Canada, told CTVNews.ca on Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.