Safila Naveed, Asra Hameed and Wishah Zehra Jaffery
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are autoimmune diseases, which is a group of inflammatory conditions like Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). In inflammatory bowel disease, there is an inflammation in the small intestine and colon. Symptoms of IBD include abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, severe internal cramps/muscle spasms in the region of the pelvis and weight loss. Biopsy and colonoscopy are the techniques used to diagnose IBD. Since IBD is an inflammatory condition so the treatment of IBD is depend upon different drugs having high anti-inflammatory effects. Our survey aims to find its awareness among the pharmacy students of 4th and 5th professional Pharmacy. Cross sectional and random method was used to collect data from university students. Data was analyzed and represented in the form of tables and graph. According to our survey, 94% students have basic information about IBD, 67% students have knowledge about the symptoms of IBD, 28% have knowledge about the diagnostic techniques, 25% have information about the difference between CD & UC and 53% students have knowledge about the treatment strategies of IBD.
