Crohn' s and Colitis Foundation

I have had ulcerative colitis for about 5 years now, so I don't have any experience with crohn's disease, myself.

Here are a group of very helpful web sites that have information about
crohn's disease. I post this list from time to time on the newsgroup so
that new people can read and know more about their disease.

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These are all excellent sources of information, and excellent starting
points in your search for answers. (Most of them have many additional
'Links'.)

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
http://www.ccfa.org/
(click on 'Medical Central' to get to the 'Library' which has
information on 'Medications' as well as many other topics.)
(click on 'Chapters & Events' to locate a support group near you - if
you live in the United States.) (I know there are also support groups in
Canada - from the CCFC site. And I believe there are also support groups
that can be found from the UK site and the Australian site.)
(click on 'Links' to find one of the largest collection of links to
medical pages, as well as Crohn's & Colitis pages.)

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) (in English & French)
http://www.ccfc.ca/
(click on the 'Index' {was near the upper left side of the page, after
you chose english or french} to get an overview of the information
available on this site.)

National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC)
http://www.nacc.org.uk/
(This is the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease in the
United Kingdom.)

Australian Crohn's and Colitis Association (ACCA)
http://www.acca.net.au/
(There are separate sites for 'Queensland' and 'South Australia' and for
a Support Group in New Zealand. These are found on the 'Links' page.)

Links for many other National Support Organizations for Crohn's and
Colitis can be found on the 'Links' page of the CCFA site. Where some of
these do not have a web site, addresses and telephone numbers, along
with e-mail addresses (when available) are also listed there.

Living With Ulcerative Colitis'
http://www.ulcerativecolitis.com/
http://www.living-better.com/index.html (The US site.)
http://www.canada.living-better.com/index.html (The Canadian site.)
I am also going to mention this program. I managed to find them and
joined this information program before I got on the internet. I found
this program to be very helpful. This free information program is
sponsored by 'Proctor & Gamble' and by 'Proctor & Gamble Canada.' There
is an initial Information Packet, followed by a quarterly newsletter.
The information on the web pages is useful even if you do not qualify
for the information program. Some of the articles from the newsletter
are archived on the US site.

Here are the restrictions for the 'Living With Ulcerative Colitis'
information program. You must live in the United States or Canada, and
have Ulcerative Colitis. If you live in Canada, you must be taking
Asacol to qualify for it. (At least this is my understanding of the
restrictions.)

There are several lists of 'Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQ) about
Crohn's and Colitis. They are usually posted on this newsgroup every
couple weeks. These are several links to them.

Inflamatory Bowel Disease, Frequently Asked Questions, Version 3.1
http://ibdfaq.freeshell.org/

Bill Robertson's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pages.
http://qurlyjoe.bu.edu/cduchome.html
The page with FAQ's here also lists an FAQ for 'Information Resources'
for IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), and FAQ for 'Collagenous Colitis',
and an FAQ for IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome).
There are a multitude of links from this home page as well.

'Collagenous Colitis' (also called 'Microscopic Colitis' or 'Lymphocytic
Colitis') is also one of the forms of IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
along with the more commonly known 'Crohn's Disease' and 'Ulcerative
Colitis.' It was only recently discovered, and gets its name from the
fact that the inflammation is not visible, but can only be detected
under a microscope.