Brochures and Fact Sheets

The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation publishes free educational brochures and fact sheets providing current disease information to the public. Our most popular brochures and fact sheets are available below and can be read online, downloaded & printed via Adobe Acrobat Reader™ (free download from Adobe), or hard copies may be ordered by mail.

Please note: CCFA cannot e-mail these brochures, however you may download them below.

To have hard copies of brochures and fact sheets mailed, please visit our online brochure order form.

Brochures in PDF format are available below.

Brochures

• Living With Crohn's Disease
• Living With Ulcerative Colitis
• NEW: Managing Flares and other IBD Symptoms
• A Guide for Kids and Teenagers
• Pete Learns All About Crohn's & Colitis (an educational comic book for school age children and teens)
• A Guide for Parents  (available for download only at this time)
• A Guide for Teachers and Other School Personnel  (available for download only at this time)
• Diet and Nutrition
• Emotional Factors
• Know Your A, B, C, C's (Colorectal Cancer Awareness)
• Sexuality

Brochures in Spanish ( Los Folletos Educativos en Español)

• Acerca de la Enfermedad de Crohn
• Acerca de la Colitis Ulcerosa
• Dieta y Nutrición

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

• Diagnosing IBD 
• Find a Specialist or Treatment Center

Medications

• Aminosalicylates
• Antibiotics
• Biologics
• Corticosteroids
• Immunomodulators

Other Issues

• NEW: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)  
• NEW: Influenza and IBD 
• Pregnancy and IBD

Surgery

• Surgery for Crohn's Disease
• Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis

Updated; 9/14/09