In Bengaluru's pediatric clinics, a disease once considered rare in India is arriving with quiet persistence: inflammatory bowel disease in children. Over five years, 886 young patients have been diagnosed at a single institute alone, with cases rising 12 percent in just the past six months — a convergence of modern urban life, altered gut biology, and sharper diagnostic eyes. The city's children are, in a sense, bearing the physiological cost of a civilization that has changed faster than the bodies it houses.
Childhood IBD cases surge in Bengaluru as urban diets and lifestyles shift
Children experiencing chronic gastrointestinal symptoms affecting growth, nutrition, and quality of life; early-onset cases in infants and young children requiring specialized pediatric care.