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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Overview. The term inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) describes a group of disorders in which the intestines become inflamed. The likeliest cause is an immune reaction the body has against its own intestinal tissue. Two major types of IBD are ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
1 Infectious causes (most commonly parasites). 2  Osmotic and malabsorption causes (which result in too much water being absorbed into the bowel), such as Celiac disease and lactose intolerance. 3  Inflammatory causes, such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease. 4  Intestinal ischemia, or lessened blood flow to the intestine.