Diarrhea, fever, and weight loss are symptoms of Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s disease is a chronical inflammation of the digestive tract. The cause of this disease is still unknown.…
Each form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease takes in the digestive tract is very distinct. Ulcerative Colitis tends to be continuous throughout the inflamed areas. In many cases, Ulcerative Colitis begins in the rectum or sigmoid colon and spreads up though the colon as the disease progresses. In Crohn’s Disease, the inflammation may occur in patches in one or more organs with in the digestive system. For example, a diseased section of colon may appear between two healthy sections.…
Clay-colored stool indicates the absence of bile in the stool, which may be seen in clients with cirrhosis or cholecystitis.…
Both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis may be defined as an aspect of inflammatory bowel disease or IBD. Both are believed – in some ways more than others - to belinked to genetics, environmental factors and lifestyle, as well as immune system dysfunction.…
Crohn's disease affects an individual's immune system by making it weaker and unable for the immune cells to attack the foreign viruses and bacteria. It can begin with taking antibiotics that depletate the natural bacteria in the body, resulting in an increased resistance to the point of which the immune cells take down both the good and bad bacteria until the resistance becomes too strong, and the body is unable to protect itself from either. The inflammation results in diarrhea, fatigue, vomiting, and fibrosis.…
Crohn’s Disease (CD) is a chronic, intermittent inflammatory, autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from the mouth to the anus. CD is most commonly diagnosed in the small and large intestines. It is idiopathic in origin and is characterized by a variety of symptoms. Patients frequently present with severe abdominal pain, diarrhea and rectal bleeding. There is no one test available that can diagnose CD therefore it may take some time to obtain a correct diagnosis.…
1. Medication treating Crohn’s disease is designed to suppress the immune system’s abnormal inflammatory response that causes the symptoms.…
Schmelzer, & F. Verville (2014) describe the pathophysiology of Crohns as inflammation of segment of the GI tract (most commonly in terminal ilieu and colon). The inflammation involves the mucosa, submucosa and muscularis layers of the intestinal wall. Adversely diseased portions occur between normal portions of the bowls. The diseased portions can contain deep ulcerations that penetrate through edematous mucosa where thickening of the bowel wall and narrowing of the lumen occur where abscesses, fistulas lesions may development (Schmelzer, & F. Verville,…
Gastroenteritis is a bowel infection which most commonly causes diarrhoea within the community. Gastrointestinal tract infections are caused by the transmission of gastrointestinal pathogens via a fecal- oral route into the gut where they cause systemic disease, such as typhoid or multiply and produce toxins damaging the gastrointestinal tract.…
CF mainly affects the pancreas. In CF, mucus can block tubes, or ducts in your pancreas, these blockages prevent enzymes from reaching your intestines. As a result your intestines cant fully absorb fats and proteins. This can cause ongoing diarrhea or bulky, foul-smelling greasy stools. Intestinal blockages also may occur, especially in new borns.…
Crohn’s disease is one of the fastest growing intestinal disease in the United States. You may ask, “who can get Crohn’s disease?”. Anyone can get Crohn’s disease but it is more common for a woman rather than a man to get it. It has affected more than five hundred thousand people in the United States alone, that is about one for every seven people in the United States. Crohn’s has common symptoms of a cold such as abdominal pains, fever, and diarrhea, it also has many more symptoms. Crohn’s can affect any part of the GI tract, though, usually occurs at the end of the small intestine (ileum) and the beginning of the large intestine (colon). Some people may ask, How do people get Crohn’s disease? or, How does someone get rid of Crohn’s disease?…
The effect that crohn's disease may have on one's immune system can be seen in the gastrointestinal tract. When one has a triggering event of some sort like an infection, it causes the body's immune response in the GI tract to become confused. Something like food or good bacteria in the intestines are then seen as a threat to the body. The body begins to attack these "foreign" bacteria, creating an excess of white blood cells. This excess of white blood cells in the intestines is what causes the great deal of inflammation. The other harmful side of this is the bi-products of the white blood cells could be harmful to the body, possibly causing…
Explanation of the disease: Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease. It’s caused by inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and complications that can develop if the inflammation is not controlled.…
Crohn’s Disease gave me a different outlook on life that I believe will shape me into a great lawyer. In life most things are not black and white, and because Crohn’s Disease is an invisible illness I learned that things are not always that people may initially see them to be and with careful analysis one can uncover what is really beneath the surface. Although I will always struggle with the physical components of Crohn’s Disease, I am mentally prepared for the new climb, which will hopefully be Seton Hall Law School. Because of my personal experience with being chronically ill and my interactions with many people I have met throughout my journey battling this illness, I have a further interest in practicing health care law. This disease has…
Opioids are powerful substances that relieve pain. Opioids include illegal drugs, such as heroin, as well as prescription pain medicines such, such as Codeine, morphine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, and fentanyl. Opioid withdrawal is a group of symptoms that can happen if you have been taking opioids for a long time and suddenly stop.…