Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group
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 gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
Okay, i have yet another question- what causes crohn's to get worse? I guess does the disease "spread" through the intestine? When you have a flare up, is it b/c the disease is getting worse? People say that certain foods, stress, etc can trigger a flare up but does that mean that each flare up the disease spreads? I have read that people have sections removed- does that mean that part is too disease that it has to be removed?
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I do not know the answer to that. Have you looked at ccfa.org? They might be able to answer your questions. Take care.
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i just learned that over time when you have flare ups you start to scar. and i think once the scars build up it just gets worse in pain and it builds up. so that is why they so surgery. and your intestines start to close up . and it does spread through out the intestine more. i know i had two feet of my small intine taken out five years ago. and before my sugery i had gone five years with out knowing what i even had. milk makes my crohns worse and greasy and spicey food. and stress does really make me have alot of flare ups. that is why i try to stay away from pople and situations that cause me alot of stress.btu even if they take out a part of your intestine it will always come back . but with some people it may take years , me it took three months and i started to have flare ups again.you just have to find out what foods bother you. i some times eat ice cream if i haven't had a flare up in a long time. and for me that is like a week or two and some times you just have to say "i want it and i don't care at what cost". YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT TO ENJOY LIFE ONCE IN A WHILE. so good lck to you. donya
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