What is crohns?

Crohn's: Crohn's disease is a significant inflammatory condition which can involve portions or all of the GI tract.Frequent symptoms are abdominal pain, weight loss, diarrhea, bleeding.Treatment varies with the severity of the disease.

Crohn's disease: Crohn's disease is an idiopathic (we don't know exactly what causes it) condition which results in chronic inflammation if the gastrointestinal tract, anywhere from the mouth to anus. It can cause abdominal pain, weight loss, and diarrhea with occasional bloody stools. It can also cause joint/ muscle aches, rashes, and eye pain. It is a chronic condition which requires close monitoring by your gi.

Chronic inflammation: Crohn's disease is a chronic and often debilitating condition characterized by inflammation in the intestine. Usually it is deep inflammation through the whole bowel wall and affects anywhere in the GI tract from lips to anus.Symptoms of crohns can be mild or severe and can cause bowel obstruction, diarrhea, blood in the stool, weight loss, malabsorption, vomiting, abdominal pain, and fever.