What is Crohns Disease Ulcerative Colitis

Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointest...

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AT what age did you start presenting your symptoms, and when where you diagnosed?
I am just wondering if there is anyone that started as young as my LB :-)
He started a month before he turned 2 !
Posted on 07/01/09, 08:07 am
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Reply #1 - 07/01/09  9:21am
" My symptoms of CD began when I was about 25. Never diagnosed until I was 53 so I suffered a long time with no medications to treat it. "
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Reply #2 - 07/01/09  2:37pm
" from what i remember about 21 ish diagnosed when i was 31 , so 10 yrs of feeling rubbish ! "
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Reply #3 - 07/01/09  2:48pm
" symptoms were probably around for 5 years or so before I was dx at 47. "
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Reply #4 - 07/01/09  5:15pm
" I was diagnosed with UC at age 21 "
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Reply #5 - 07/01/09  6:38pm
" got symptoms just before i turned 20, got diagnosed just after i turned 20 "
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Reply #6 - 07/01/09  6:59pm
" At the age of 11 or 12 "
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Reply #7 - 07/01/09  7:15pm
" Age 32. Sudden onset after just a few of months of problems. "
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Reply #8 - 07/01/09  7:36pm
" Symptoms at 13- diagnosis at 28 "
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Reply #9 - 07/01/09  8:23pm
" for me symptoms started november/december 2007 i was diagnosed in january 2009 i was 21 at the time "
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Reply #10 - 07/01/09  10:07pm
" I suppose I was rather lucky. My UC crept up on me like a ninja when I was 24. I literally had symptoms for a week, was hospitalized by the end of that week, and diagnosed about a month later. I'm so lucky that I didn't have to suffer long--my UC hit me rather hard rather quickly. "

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