CROHN'S DISEASE

Introduction: Crohn's disease desease is developed, an inflammation of the digestive tract, most commonly called stomach-intestinal tract - GI. This disease is being found that only one area or segment of the digestive tract from mouth to the anus. However, it is found that the disease mainly to the lower part of the small intestine, known as the ileum. The inflammation extends deep into the affected organs of the feed and assumes that it can develop pain often cause blank next to the bowel diarrhea.

Crohn's desease is also the inflammatory bowel disease, the common name for the disease develops, the swelling in the intestines. Diagnosis of Crohn's disease is problematic, in fact, because the symptoms are almost similar to the other irritable bowel diseases such as bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation and ulcers in the top layer of the lining of the colon. All layers of the bowel in this disease can affect healthy and regular bowel was found in between the parts of the diseased intestine.

Causes: Although a few stories have been written on this subject, but none of them yet been proven. The human immune system consists of cells and proteins that the body from infections. The immune system reacts particularly in people with Crohn's disease, wandering bacteria, food and other items for the outside. The immune system is the function of such elements attack and develop in this process the white cells in the intestinal lining persistent inflammation that eventually intestinal ulcers and injuries.

Symptoms: The most common symptoms are: abdominal pain often accompanied in the lower right side with diarrhea, rectal bleeding, weight loss, arthritis, skin problems, fever and profuse bleeding.

Diagnosis: Extensive physical examinations and clinical tests required to diagnose the disease. Blood tests to check anemic condition may indicate bleeding in the gut. Also a white blood cell count is necessary to be done to determine the inflammation in the body. Stool test helps determine physician, to infection or bleeding in the gut.

Treatment: Treatment includes medication, nutritional supplements, surgery, or even a combination of all for the control of inflammation, regulate nutritional deficiency and relieve symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea and rectal bleeding.