What are the symptoms for the disease crohns?
February 24, 2009 by About Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Filed under Crohns and Colitis
Can you answer livielue2’s question about IBS?:
I know it has to deal with your digestive system and it’s heriditary.My father had it.My sister has it.I’m afriad I may have it.
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I know it has to deal with your digestive system and it’s heriditary.My father had it.My sister has it.I’m afriad I may have it.
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IBS Feedback: uncontrollable diarrhea
IBS Feedback: get tested at the doctors. if your family members have it ask them for symptoms.
IBS Feedback: The most common symptoms of Crohn’s disease are abdominal pain, often in the lower right area, and diarrhea. Rectal bleeding, weight loss, arthritis, skin problems, and fever may also occur. Bleeding may be serious and persistent, leading to anemia. Children with Crohn’s disease may suffer delayed development and stunted growth. The range and severity of symptoms varies
IBS Feedback: * Often onset has limited symptoms
* Weight loss, lethargy, fever, and general malaise
* Diarrhea, which may be bloody and can be intermittent
* Often vague abdominal pain, typically right lower quadrant or central, cramping or constant ache in nature
* Severe acute pain mimicking acute appendicitis
* Palpable, tender mass may be present in the lower abdomen, which represents thickened or matted loops of inflamed intestine or an abscess
* Frequently perianal disease with abscess and fistulas
* Extraintestinal manifestations are common (15%) and include arthritis, stomatitis, oral aphthous ulceration, ocular disease (iritis, conjunctivitis, episcleritis), skin lesions (erythema nodosum and pyoderma gangrenosum), clubbing, venous thrombosis, gallstones due to the malabsorption of bile salts from the terminal ileum, nephrolithiasis with urate or calcium oxalate stones, and sclerosing cholangitis
IBS Feedback: Abdominal pain may be the initial symptom of Crohn’s disease. The pain is commonly cramp-like and may be relieved by defecation. It is often accompanied by diarrhea, which may or may not be bloody, though constipation is not uncommon especially in those who have had surgery. The nature of the diarrhea in Crohn’s disease depends on the part of the small intestine or colon that is involved.
Crohn’s disease, like many other chronic, inflammatory diseases, can cause a variety of systemic symptoms. Among children, growth failure is common. Many children are first diagnosed with Crohn’s disease based on inability to maintain growth. As Crohn’s disease may manifest at the time of the growth spurt in puberty, up to 30% of children with Crohn’s disease may have retardation of growth. Fever may also be present, though fevers greater than 38.5 ?C (101.3 ?F) are uncommon unless there is a complication such as an abscess Among older individuals, Crohn’s disease may manifest as weight loss.
In addition to systemic and gastrointestinal involvement, Crohn’s disease can affect many other organ systems. Inflammation of the interior portion of the eye, known as uveitis, can cause eye pain, especially when exposed to light (photophobia). Inflammation may also involve the white part of the eye (sclera), a condition called episcleritis. Both episcleritis and uveitis can lead to loss of vision if untreated.
Crohn’s disease is associated with a type of rheumatologic disease known as seronegative spondyloarthropathy. This group of diseases is characterized by inflammation of one or more joints (arthritis) or muscle insertions (enthesitis). The arthritis can affect larger joints such as the knee or shoulder or may exclusively involve the small joints of the hand and feet. The arthritis may also involve the spine, leading to ankylosing spondylitis if the entire spine is involved or simply sacroiliitis if only the lower spine is involved. The symptoms of arthritis include painful, warm, swollen, stiff joints and loss of joint mobility or function.
Crohn’s disease may also involve the skin, blood, and endocrine system.
-WIK
IBS Feedback: One thing that happens w/Crohns is when the body attacks its own digestive tract - it then creates a little bubble of scar tissue. This can build up, eventually cutting off the digestive tract. The symptoms, when an ‘attack’ occurs, is most like when people need to have their appendix removed. They get very sore stomach areas, and have trouble going to the bathroom. When their intestines get clogged, they start vomitting. It is in fact hereditary, and we don’t know enough about it yet to avoid it. The best thing to do is just stay healthy - exercise and eat right and very healthy. There is no guarantee you will get it too.
IBS Feedback: My mother had that, and my grandmother had Diverticulitis, which seemed the same to me. Symptoms vary, but what happens is that the intestine get very porous, and things as seemingly harmless as the seeds in a tomato get trapped and cause inflammation and sometimes blockages. My mom had 13 feet of intestines removed due to almost total blockage. You should try to avoid things with seeds, my sister was convinced that she got it because she was almost always constipated, but I don’t know if that’s true or not. Good luck!
IBS Feedback: I think flare ups can be triggered by eating certain foods and gives diarrhea and is quite painful. I think it involves inflammation of the intestines. i believe it is an autoimmune disease, which means that it is caused by the sufferer’s immune system mistakenly attacking his/her intestines as tho they were a threat like bacteria or viruses. A well known example of an autoimmune disease is rheumatoid arthritis.
It is not the same as uveitis also called iritis, although they are both caused by a runaway immune system. Also, diverticulitis is not an autoimmune disease, and is not the same thing. I have had uveitis and diverticulitis, but not crohn’s.