Listen to About IBD’s Podcast #40: What Are People Going to Think?
Shared via Amber Tresca’s podcast and blog, About IBD
People who live with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis experience stigma because of their inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The taboo topic of bowel disease can permeate all aspects of a person’s life, especially when there are cultural influences also at play. Tina Aswani Omprakash, who lives with Crohn’s disease and a permanent ileostomy, shares her story of personal empowerment and how she is working to help other people with IBD live their lives with confidence. Tina describes how IBD has profoundly affected her family as well as why she decided to become an outspoken advocate for the IBD and ostomy communities and start her blog, Own Your Crohn’s.
Concepts and ideas discussed on this episode:
- Pouchitis: https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-pouchitis-in-a-jpouch-1942974
- Rectovaginal fistula: https://www.verywellhealth.com/rectovaginal-fistula-overview-4587356
- Perianal disease: https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-the-perianal-area-1942412
- J-pouch: https://www.verywellhealth.com/before-during-and-after-j-pouch-surgery-4137938
- Ileostomy:https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-ileostomy-surgery-1942936
- Step therapy: https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/get-involved/be-an-advocate/steptherapy/
- Abscess: https://www.verywellhealth.com/perirectal-abscess-2328821
- Pyoderma gangrenosum: https://www.verywellhealth.com/pyoderma-gangrenosum-skin-disorder-1943016
- Erythema nodosum: https://www.verywellhealth.com/erythema-nodosum-1943012
Find Amber J Tresca at:
- Verywell: https://www.verywell.com/ibd-crohns-colitis-4014703
- Blog: http://aboutibd.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aboutibd
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/aboutIBD
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/aboutibd/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/about_IBD
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Happy National Minority Health Month!
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