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Crohn’s disease, symptoms (part 1)


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Published : 31 Dec 2021 08:20 PM

Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition.

Inflammation caused by Crohn's disease can involve different areas of the digestive tract in different people. This inflammation often spreads into the deeper layers of the bowel.

Crohn's disease can be both painful and debilitating, and sometimes may lead to life-threatening complications.

While there's no known cure for Crohn's disease, therapies can greatly reduce its signs and symptoms and even bring about long-term remission and healing of inflammation. With treatment, many people with Crohn's disease are able to function well.

Symptoms:

• Diarrhea

• Fever

• Fatigue

• Abdominal pain and cramping

• Blood in your stool

• Mouth sores

• Reduced appetite and weight loss

• Pain or drainage near or around the anus due to inflammation from a tunnel into the skin (fistula)

• Inflammation of skin, eyes and joints

• Inflammation of the liver or bile ducts

• Kidney stones

• Iron deficiency (anemia)

• Delayed growth or sexual development, in children

    Courtesy: Mayo Clinic