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Caregiver Perspectives: Srishti reflects on navigating the role of care-giver with her younger brother’s diagnosis

by Srishti Kamboj | Jun 11, 2026 | Blog

We come from a town in Haryana, India, where words like “Ulcerative Colitis”, “Crohn’s Disease” or “IBD” simply don’t exist in our everyday lives. Growing up, the only stomach issues we ever heard of were simple stomach infections that came and went. If someone got...

Patient Perspectives: Vincent’s Journey of Living with Perianal Crohn’s Disease in Malaysia

by Vincent Tan | May 11, 2026 | Blog

When people hear “Crohn’s disease”, many picture just a stomach issue – something fixed with diet or pills. In reality, especially for those with perianal complications, it reshapes your entire life: how you structure your day, how much energy you can spare, and how...

Radhika and Gaurav: A Story of Unconditional Love, Support, and Companionship

by Gaurav Sengupta | Feb 9, 2026 | Blog

A Chance Meeting and Long-Distance Beginnings Radhika and me on our first date Our story began on a note of pure serendipity. Radhika and I met through a mutual friend in the summer of 2013. What’s astonishing to us both is that our friend had invited me to the event...

Patient Perspectives on Demystifying Environmental Triggers in IBD

by Brielle Dojer, MPH | Feb 3, 2026 | Blog

Reviewed by Madhura Balasubramaniam, MA Medically reviewed by Drs. Manasi Agrawal, Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, and Parakkal Deepak In November, I had the privilege to listen to SAIA’s livestream discussion on Demystifying Environmental Triggers in IBD, a much-requested...

20 Years of IBD: How It’s Shaped Me & My Leadership

by Tina Aswani Omprakash | Jan 12, 2026 | Blog

Looking back 20 years ago… When I first graduated college and started working, I had no idea what my life was going to look like. I was full of excitement but I did have a fear in the back of my mind that I may already have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in my early...

Navigating IBD & Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity with ‘Pride’

by Madhura Balasubramaniam, Tina Aswani Omprakash | Oct 6, 2025 | Blog

Happy National Coming Out Day to everyone, including those who are ‘out’ of the closet, those who are hoping to come out soon, those who are struggling with being in the closet, and our allies! Did you know that only about 14% of HCPs talk to their patients about...
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