Crohn’s disease
It is a type of inflammation that affects the intestine IBD, which affects any part of the digestive system from the mouth to the anus, and is the category of smokers most vulnerable to infection, and the diagnosis is based on a number of results such as biopsy, the strength of the intestinal wall, medical imaging, European continents, and North America, and there is a small percentage in the Asian and African continents.
Signs and symptoms
The initial symptoms begin with pain in the abdomen and are often accompanied by diarrhea, especially those with surgery. The nature of the diarrhea depends on a part of the small intestine or colon, ileitis, which results in large water feces, and inflammation of the colon, which is smaller in size Of stool, visible bleeding in the stool, which is the least common, abdominal distension that leads to intestinal irritation, bile duct inflammation, harassment around the anal area such as itching and pain, which may be in the form of infections or anal fractures, ulcers in the mouth, , Stomach, and This leads to difficulty during swallowing, pain in the upper abdomen, and vomiting.
Diseases caused by Crohn’s disease
Kron leads to many other chronic inflammatory diseases; failure to grow, which is common in children, and the proportion of children with Crohn’s disease, which causes them to delay in growth to about 30%, and a rise in body temperature, known as fever, more than 38.5 ° C Although it is rare, our loss of weight; which is due to anorexia in eating.
Crohn’s disease causes inflammation in the inner part of the eye, known as iritis, which causes vision distortion, eye pain, especially when exposed to light. Inflammation involves the white part of the eye. If both occur, it may cause vision loss if not treated. .
Crohn’s also causes risks in the gallstones, due to a decrease in the absorption of bile acid, rheumatism or joints that is in the parts of the knee, hips, shoulders and wrists, and affects the spine that causes spondylitis or sacral joint inflammation and leads to swelling and stiffness of the joints , Loss of joint movement and thus loss of function.
It also leads to skin tenderness, blood clots, and difficulty breathing, resulting in pulmonary embolism, poor hemolytic hemorrhage, lack of autoimmune immunity, fatigue, pale facial appearance, and osteoporosis, which result in strong fractures, Large in many important things such as vitamin B12, folic acid, and iron, resulting in neurological complications such as stroke, muscular dystrophy, peripheral neuropathy, headaches, and depression.