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Francesca Hartmann

A nurse practitioner specializing in digestive diseases for 26 years, Francesca Hartmann, AGPCNP-BC, FNP-BC, treats patients at an inflammatory bowel disease center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Hartmann oversees biologic therapy regimens for a large clinical panel and helps adolescent patients move into adult specialty care. Before finishing her master’s training, she spent years as an inpatient gastrointestinal nurse on hospital wards, monitoring acute flare-ups and post-surgical recovery.

Peptides for Crohn’s Disease: A Potential Treatment Drugs
Garlic and Ulcerative Colitis: Risks and Benefits Gut & Kidney
What Are the Causes of Intestinal Cysts?Gut & Kidney
How to Stop Bleeding in Ulcerative Colitis Gut & Kidney
How to Treat Colitis: What Works for Each Type Gut & Kidney
Can Gastroparesis Cause Fatigue? Here’s How It Happens Gut & Kidney
What Are the Options If Biologics Don’t Work for Crohn’s?Drugs
Can IBS Turn Into Crohn’s Disease?Gut & Kidney
What Is Ileitis? Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Gut & Kidney
Simponi for Treating Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis Drugs
What Is Microscopic Colitis? Symptoms, Causes & Treatment Gut & Kidney
What Is Severe Ulcerative Colitis and How Is It Treated?Gut & Kidney
What Is Lymphocytic Colitis? Symptoms, Causes & Treatment Gut & Kidney
What Infections Cause High Calprotectin?Immunity
What Level of Calprotectin Indicates Crohn’s Disease?Tests
What Is Non-Specific Colitis and How Is It Managed?Gut & Kidney
EPEC Colitis: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment Options Gut & Kidney
Is Pancolitis the Same as Ulcerative Colitis?Gut & Kidney
Colonic Dysmotility: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Gut & Kidney
Can I Donate Blood If I Have Crohn’s Disease?Healthcare
Stress-Induced Colitis: Symptoms, Causes, and Management Gut & Kidney
How to Diagnose Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Tests
How to Prevent Crohn’s Disease: Diet, Smoking, and More Gut & Kidney
How to Treat Ulcerative Colitis: From Flares to Surgery Gut & Kidney
How to Treat IBD: Medications, Biologics, and Surgery Gut & Kidney
How Does Entyvio Work for Crohn’s and Colitis?Drugs
What Is Radiation Proctitis? Symptoms and Treatment Gut & Kidney
Is Crohn’s Disease Autoimmune or Autoinflammatory?Immunity
Is Proctitis the Same as Ulcerative Colitis?Gut & Kidney
What Is the Difference Between Gastroenteritis and Colitis?Gut & Kidney