Individual treatment the key to living with inflammatory bowel disease

SARA Byrne has had three major surgeries to bring her inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) under control, but she has reason to be hopeful.

For one thing, she is pleased that there is now a lot more awareness about the condition than there was when she was first diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2005.

She was doing her Junior Cert at the time and she believes exam stress brought on the severe stomach cramps that put her completely off her food. She lost 19kg.