Crohn's disease - Complications

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract and it can involve any part of it, from the mouth to the anus. It typically affects the caecum and/or the terminal ileum as well as demarcated areas of large bowel, with other areas of the bowel being relatively unaffected. It is often associated with auto-immune disorders outside the bowel, such as aphthous stomatitis and rheumatoid arthritis. Crohn's disease should not be confused with a non-progressive and non-degenerative digestive disorder called irri ...

Including:

• Crohn's disease - Symptoms
• Crohn's disease - Epidemiology
• Crohn's disease - Causes
• Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora
• Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA
• Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG
• Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA
• Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection
• Crohn's disease - Complications
• Crohn's disease - Short-term
• Crohn's disease - Long-term risks
• Crohn's disease - Treatment
• Crohn's disease - Medication
• Crohn's disease - Surgery
• Crohn's disease - Dietary
• Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research
• Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis
• Crohn's disease - History and name

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Crohn's disease - Short-term. The bowel shows segmental "hose pipe" thickening and shows full thickness chronic inflammation, giant cell granulomas, and fissures with acute inflammation. Fistula formation is quite common in Crohn's. Bowel obstruction is a known complication which may require surgical resection. Approximately 50% of surgical cases require additional surgery within five years because the disease tends to reappear at the site where the bowel was rejoined, and some patients eventually develop short b ...

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Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name, Crohn's disease - Literature

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Crohn's disease - Short-term. The bowel shows segmental "hose pipe" thickening and shows full thickness chronic inflammation, giant cell granulomas, and fissures with acute inflammation. Fistula formation is quite common in Crohn's. Bowel obstruction is a known complication which may require surgical resection. Approximately 50% of surgical cases require additional surgery within five years because the disease tends to reappear at the site where the bowel was rejoined, and some patients eventually develop short b ...

See also:

Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name

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Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora. The efficacy of immunosuppression, as well as scanty reports of complete disease resolution after bone marrow transplant, is highly suggestive of an autoimmune pathogenesis. A definite epitope to which the autoimmunity is directed is unknown, which also hampers the search for a virus or other pat ...

See also:

Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name

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Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora. The efficacy of immunosuppression, as well as scanty reports of complete disease resolution after bone marrow transplant, is highly suggestive of an autoimmune pathogenesis. A definite epitope to which the autoimmunity is directed is unknown, which also hampers the search for a virus or other pat ...

See also:

Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name, Crohn's disease - Literature

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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are quite distinct diseases but in practice there are sometimes difficulties distinguishing between them, especially in mild cases - these are usually simply classified as "chronic inflammatory bowel disease" or "indeterminate colitis". Crohn's disease is often initially misdiagnosed as food poisoning, gastroenteritis, appendicitis (due to the common locus of pain in the lower right-ha ...

See also:

Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name, Crohn's disease - Literature

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Crohn's disease - Medication. Steroids are often necessary in initial stages and during flare-ups, although long-term steroid therapy is discouraged because of its well-known side effects. Traditionally, corticosteroids such as prednisone are used because they have the longest medical history of anti-inflammatory use. However, their side-effects are also the most severe, causing insulin resistance and frank diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), glaucoma, osteoporosis, severe psychological issues, and man ...

See also:

Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name, Crohn's disease - Literature

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The disease typically first appears in young adults in their late teens and twenties, although it is not unknown for symptoms to first appear quite late in life. Additionally, there has been an increase in cases occurring in young children. Recent studies suggest that up to 30% of all newly diagnosed cases are in children and teens under the age of 18. Estimates suggest that up to 60,000 people in the UK (about 1 in 1200) and 1,000,000 Americans have the disease (around 1 in 300). Some ethnic groups (such as Ashkenazi Jews) have a significan ...

See also:

Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name

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Crohn's disease - Medication. Steroids are often necessary in initial stages and during flare-ups, although long-term steroid therapy is discouraged because of its well-known side effects. Traditionally, corticosteroids such as prednisone are used because they have the longest medical history of anti-inflammatory use. However, their side-effects are also the most severe, causing insulin resistance and frank diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), glaucoma, osteoporosis, severe psychological issues, and man ...

See also:

Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name

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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are quite distinct diseases but in practice there are sometimes difficulties distinguishing between them, especially in mild cases - these are usually simply classified as "chronic inflammatory bowel disease" or "indeterminate colitis". Crohn's disease is often initially misdiagnosed as food poisoning, gastroenteritis, appendicitis (due to the common locus of pain in the lower right-ha ...

See also:

Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name

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The disease typically first appears in young adults in their late teens and twenties, although it is not unknown for symptoms to first appear quite late in life. Additionally, there has been an increase in cases occurring in young children. Recent studies suggest that up to 30% of all newly diagnosed cases are in children and teens under the age of 18. Estimates suggest that up to 60,000 people in the UK (about 1 in 1200) and 1,000,000 Americans have the disease (around 1 in 300). Some ethnic groups (such as Ashkenazi Jews) have a significan ...

See also:

Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease - Symptoms, Crohn's disease - Epidemiology, Crohn's disease - Causes, Crohn's disease - Barrier problem and autoimmunity to the luminal flora, Crohn's disease - Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies ASCA IgG and IgA, Crohn's disease - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies ANCA IgG, Crohn's disease - OmpC IgA, Crohn's disease - Mycobacterial infection, Crohn's disease - Complications, Crohn's disease - Short-term, Crohn's disease - Long-term risks, Crohn's disease - Treatment, Crohn's disease - Medication, Crohn's disease - Surgery, Crohn's disease - Dietary, Crohn's disease - Helminthic therapy Current research, Crohn's disease - Differential diagnosis, Crohn's disease - History and name, Crohn's disease - Literature

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