You may experience persistent mouth ulcers due to numerous reasons, such as stress and anxiety, recurrent aphthous stomatitis ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of chronic (long-term) conditions that cause inflammation in the digestive tract, which includes the mouth, ...

Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract—from the mouth to the anus. It most commonly affects the ...

“The mouth can also reveal early signs of certain gastrointestinal diseases. Crohn’s disease can cause swelling of the gums and mouth ulcers before any intestinal symptoms appear. Oral manifestations ...

Mouth ulcers, though common and often harmless, can be eased naturally through diet, gentle oral care, stress control, and ...

A validated scoring tool, EASE-CD, showed strong accuracy and reliability in quantifying ulcer activity in Crohn’s disease. Researchers conducted a retrospective study published in June 2025 issue of ...

Physicians treating patients with Crohn's disease face a plethora of drug choices. Yet, overall rates of clinical response seem stable over time,1 suggesting the existence of a therapeutic ceiling ...

Biological therapeutics are widely used in Crohn's disease, with evidence of efficacy from randomised trials and real-world experience. Primary non-response is a common, poorly understood problem. We ...

In patients with small intestinal Crohn’s disease (CD), there is a need for a simple, non-invasive test to reduce dependence on invasive procedures (eg, enteroscopy) and costly imaging (eg, MRI or CT ...

What is Crohn's disease? Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms include abdominal pain, non‐bloody diarrhoea and ...