Please indicate if you believe these statements to be True or False:Smoking has been reported to increase the risk of developing Crohn's disease. True False The "hygiene hypothesis" refers to the observation that children who grow up in cleaner environments may develop an altered immune system that cannot differentiate between beneficial from harmful bacteria. This predisposes them to exaggerated immune responses leading to chronic inflammation. True False Please select the best answer for the following questions:Inflammatory bowel disease A) will always pass from a parent to a child B) will never pass from a parent to a child C) is more likely to affect a child if mother or father are suffering from it D) does not run in families E) don't know The risk of passing on inflammatory bowel disease to a child A) is zero B) can be exactly determined by genetic testing C) is less than 10% D) can be reduced by medication E) don't know ← Back to Page