Patient Brochures
Download or Order Brochures and Fact Sheets
As part of our mission to educate and inform the public about inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation publishes free educational brochures and fact sheets that provide current information and treatment options about this condition.
PDF versions of our most popular brochures and fact sheets are available by clicking the links below and can be read online, downloaded, and printed via Adobe Acrobat™. To have hard copies of these brochures and fact sheets mailed, please use our online brochure order form.
Please note that we cannot email these brochures. You must download them yourself or request hard copies my mail.
Brochures
- A Guide for Kids and Teenagers
- A Guide for Parents
- A Guide for Teachers and Other School Personnel
- Diagnosing and Managing IBD
- Emotional Factors
- IBD & Me: Activity Book for Kids!
- Know Your A, B, C, C's (Colorectal Cancer Awareness)
- Living With Crohn's Disease
- Living With Ulcerative Colitis
- Managing Flares and other IBD Symptoms
- Pete Learns All About Crohn's & Colitis (an educational comic book for school age children and teens)
- Sexuality
- Short Bowel Syndrome and Crohn's Disease
- Surgery for Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis
- Understanding IBD Medications and Side Effects
Brochures in Spanish (Los Folletos Educativos en Español)
Fact Sheets
Complications
- Intestinal Complications
- Extraintestinal Complications: Arthritis
- Extraintestinal Complications: Bone Loss
- Extraintestinal Complications: Eye Disorders
- Extraintestinal Complications: Kidney Disorders
- Extraintestinal Complications: Liver Disease
- Extraintestinal Complications: Skin Disorders
Diagnosing IBD
General Healthcare Issues
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
- NEW! Diet, Nutrition & IBD
- General Healthcare Maintenance
- Healthcare Reform
- IBD & Older Adults
- Influenza and IBD
- Managing IBD as a Young Adult
- Pill Swallowing Techniques for Kids & Teens
Treatments
Women & IBD
