India, Sept. 7 -- IBD, or Inflammatory Bowel Disease, is a serious gut condition that is often thought to affect adults. But it turns out even children are afflicted with these conditions. Dr (Maj) Prateek, consultant paediatric gastroenterologist at Surya Mother and Child Super Speciality Hospital in Pune, shared with HT Lifestyle that the number of children affected by chronic gut issues like IBD and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders (EGID) is shockingly rising. What was once rare, as these gut issues were not typically seen in young kids, has now become common.

Dr Prateek spotlighted two chronic gut conditions that are increasingly affecting children. "Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders ...