Clinical and endoscopic characteristics of inflammatory diseases of the intestine in outpatient practice

Inflammatory bowel disease occupies one of the leading positions in the structure of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in terms of the severity of the course, the frequency of complications and mortality throughout the world. Late untimely diagnosis leads to an increase in the number of relapses, severe and complicated forms of the disease, which increases the frequency of major surgical interventions and disability in young patients of working age. The results of epidemiological studies indicate a constant increase in the incidence of this pathology in the world, including Russia.