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Biosimilars: Glossary

Biologics and biosimiliars

When talking to your gastroenterologist about how biologics and biosimilars work, you may have questions about what some of the words mean.

Iron in GI conditions

A normal iron level is important to make healthy red blood cells and to help support your quality of life with digestive conditions.

Ostomy

Graphic depicting a loop ostomy, end ostomy and other ostomy types.

An ostomy is an opening in your stomach that is made by surgery to let solid or liquid waste leave your body.

Iron deficiency anemia

Iron deficiency anemia

Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia that happens when you don’t have enough iron to make healthy red blood cells.

Colitis ulcerosa

Ulcerative Colitis

La colitis ulcerosa es un tipo de enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal (IBD) que afecta el colon y el recto y puede causar dolor abdominal intenso, calambres, diarrea y sangrado.

Enfermedad de Crohn

Normal colon vs colon with Crohns disease

La enfermedad de Crohn es un tipo de EII con síntomas como hinchazón en el tracto digestivo, calambres en el vientre, diarrea, pérdida de peso y sangrado rectal.

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