A nurse is presenting information to a support group for parents of children with inflammatory bowel disease.Which information is appropriate for the nurse to provide to these parents?
A) Both diseases seem to have an inherited or genetic aspect.
B) Surgery can provide a cure for patients with Crohn's disease.
C) Symptoms outside the gastrointestinal tract only occur in Crohn's disease.
D) Tenesmus is a symptom commonly seen in both disorders.
E) Ulcerative colitis involves a continuous segment of bowel.

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Both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are inflammatory bowel disorders that have an inherited component to their etiology and have tenesmus as a common symptom.Crohn's disease is characterized by "skip"-type lesions that involve noncontiguous segments of the bowel,whereas ulcerative colitis involves a continuous segment of bowel.Surgery can provide a cure for ulcerative colitis,but not Crohn's disease.Symptoms can be seen outside the GI tract in both diseases.

A Nurse Is Presenting Information to a Support Group for Parents