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Crohn's Disease

What is Crohn's disease?

Crohn's disease is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that causes inflammation in your digestive tract. It can affect any part of your digestive tract, which runs from your mouth to your anus. But it usually affects your small intestine and the beginning of your large intestine.

Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Ulcerative colitis and microscopic colitis are other common types of IBD.

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  1. Crohn's Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is Crohn's disease? Crohn's disease is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that causes inflammation in your digestive tract. It can affect any part of your ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/crohnsdisease.html - Health Topics
  2. Crohn disease 
    Crohn disease is a disease where parts of the digestive tract become inflamed. It most often involves the ... mouth to the end of the rectum (anus). Crohn disease is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000249.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Crohn disease - children - discharge 
    Your child was treated in the hospital for Crohn disease. This article tells you how to take care ... Your child was in the hospital because of Crohn disease . This is an inflammation of the surface and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000937.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Crohn disease - discharge 
    Crohn disease is a disease where parts of the digestive tract become inflamed. It is a form of ... You were in the hospital because you have Crohn disease. This is an inflammation of the surface and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000194.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Barium enema 
    ... colon cancer Diagnose or monitor ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease Diagnose the cause of blood in stools, diarrhea, ... colon above the rectum ( Hirschsprung disease in infants) Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis Cancer in the colon or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003817.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Crohn's disease 
    Crohn's disease is a complex, long-lasting (chronic) disorder that primarily affects the digestive system. This condition involves an abnormal immune response ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/crohns-disease - Genetics
  7. Crohn Disease Treatment Quiz 
    Crohn disease can involve the: The correct answer is all of the above. In people with Crohn disease, the immune system mistakenly attacks the digestive tract-- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/quiz/000249_49.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Surgery for Crohn's Disease Video (Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America)  
    https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/.../treatment/surgery - Videos
  9. Nutrition Therapy and Crohn's Disease (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)  
    ... that doctors use to ease the symptoms of Crohn's disease. It can help improve nutrition and growth, ease ...
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/nutrition-crohns.html - External Health Links
  10. Treatment for Crohn's Disease From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    Describes treatments for Crohn’s disease, such as medicines and surgery, to decrease inflammation, prevent symptom flares, and keep you in remission.
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/.../crohns-disease/treatment - External Health Links
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