Crohn’s disease is one of two inflammatory bowel diseases that causes inflammation throughout the digestive tract.
Although the majority of people commonly have problems in the lower small intestines and large intestines there are those patients who suffer from symptoms from their mouth to the anus, or the entire length of the digestive tract.
Symptoms of Crohn’s Disease
Some of the most common symptoms involve the intestinal tract such as watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, slowed growth and loss of appetite.
The colon produces bloody diarrhea with mucus or pus and urgency to have a bowel movement.
The anus may become painful and bleed with each bowel movement. And the patient may experience nausea, vomiting and severe abdominal pain and cramping.
Intestinal Damage Resulting from Crohn’s Disease
The intestine damage with Crohn’s disease can be minimal or extensive. Each individual is different. In the early stages the disease may cause small, shallow erosions in the inner surface of the bowel. These are called aphthous ulcers. In time these ulcers become deeper and larger.
The inflammatory response goes the full thickness of the intestines so as these erosions get deeper they can become true ulcerations.
As the body tries to heal the ulcerations the bowel becomes stiff and narrows. This ultimately can cause an obstruction that requires surgical intervention.
As the intestine damage with Crohn’s progresses the intestinal wall can perforate and cause the bowel fluid to leak into the abdominal cavity infecting the surrounding organs and causing a life threatening peritonitis.
The intestines can also narrow significantly that causes an obstruction that is either sudden or gradual. When it is obstructed then digesting food, fluid and gas cant pass through to the colon. The symptoms of a small intestinal obstruction include abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting and distention.
If an ulcer punctures the wall of the intestine it can create a tunnel between the intestine and surround organ. If the tunnel reaches a space then an abdominal abscess is formed. If the tunnel reaches an organ then a fistula is formed.
The most common areas for fistulas to form are between the intestines and the bladder, vagina, skin and anus.
But even without these dramatic intestine damage with Crohn’s conditions there are other more subtle changes that affect the absorption of nutrients from the intestines creating a problem with malnourishment even though the person may be eating daily.
Patients who develop bleeding around the anus or in the intestines can also experience anemia, or low red blood count. This results in fatigue, shortness of breath and pale skin.
Unfortunately, because of the abnormal changes to the intestinal walls as a result of the Crohn’s disease people who suffer from Crohn’s also are at greater risk for developing colon cancer many years after the onset of Crohn’s.
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