Contents:
- Medical Video: Everyone Should Watch Out For These 8 Signs of Parasitic Infection!
- Various signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease that you should pay attention to
- 1. Diarrhea
- 2. Bloody stool
- 3. Abdominal pain or cramps that feel great
- 4. Fever and fatigue
- 5. Sores in the mouth and weight drop dramatically
- 6. Pain in the buttocks
- 7. Inflammation of the skin, eyes and joints
- 8. The skin feels itchy
Medical Video: Everyone Should Watch Out For These 8 Signs of Parasitic Infection!
Crohn's disease or better known as intestinal inflammation is more difficult to diagnose than other digestive problems. Because the inflammation of the intestine can cause different symptoms in each person, depending on which channel or digestive tissue is attacked. For this reason, find out more about the following symptoms of Crohn's disease.
Various signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease that you should pay attention to
Crohn's disease is inflammation that occurs in the small intestine and large intestine. Symptoms of Crohn's disease in each person can appear different, as well as the severity. Some people report only experiencing mild symptoms, while others reveal this disease can greatly weaken the body and inhibit activity.
Without treatment, inflammation can spread to other tissues in the digestive tract causing complications, even death in a few cases.
Reporting from Self, Jessica Philpott, MD, PhD, a gastroenterologist at the Cleveland Clinic explained that there are some common symptoms of Crohn's disease, such as:
1. Diarrhea
Everyone must have experienced diarrhea. However, diarrhea due to Crohn's disease will feel more severe. People with Crohn's disease can experience diarrhea from days to several months. If you experience severe diarrhea, it is very likely that inflammation occurs on the right side of the large intestine.
Crohn's disease causes the muscles of the digestive tract to contract excessively, causing muscle cramps. As a result, the food that enters the body will be digested quickly and end up being a stool that tends to runny.
2. Bloody stool
The common symptom of Chron's disease is bleeding stool because inflammation of the intestine will cause the intestinal wall to be injured. Gradually, the wound forms ulcers (boils) and scar tissue that can rupture bleeding.
This condition indicates inflammation occurs in the large intestine, rectum, or the left side of the small intestine.
3. Abdominal pain or cramps that feel great
In addition to diarrhea, people with Crohn's disease who have symptoms of bloody stool usually have difficulty defecating. This condition can cause pain, cramps and bloating.
This one symptom is mainly felt in people who also experience narrowing of the intestinal wall (stricture usu) due to scarring. Abdominal pain that feels great and is accompanied by constipation tends to occur more frequently in people who experience inflammation in the small intestine.
4. Fever and fatigue
Just like inflammation in other parts of the body, the digestive tract that is inflamed due to Crohn's disease can also cause symptoms of fever. Fever is a sign that your immune system is fighting the threat of bacteria that invades and exacerbates inflammation.
In addition, the symptoms of Crohn's disease can also make your body dehydrated, fatigued, and lack nutrition. This is because diarrhea and fever make the body become deficient in fluids, while the inflamed digestive tract also cannot absorb nutrients from food properly.
This disease can also make it difficult for someone to sleep well and be vulnerable to anemia, which further exacerbates fatigue.
5. Sores in the mouth and weight drop dramatically
Inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract can cause injury to the mouth which eventually becomes sores.
In addition to sores in the mouth, digestive disorders due to Crohn's disease make sufferers not appetite. Reduced appetite is caused by anxiety and fear. They feel the food eaten will cause pain in the mouth or stomach or make them have to linger in the bathroom; either because of diarrhea or constipation.
6. Pain in the buttocks
Ulcer ulcers formed by injury from inflammation of the intestinal wall will eventually form a fistula. A fistula is an abnormal channel that forms between two organs due to the development of a wound.
Usually a fistula will appear between the intestine and the skin or intestine with other organs. Most commonly it appears on the anus area so that people with Crohn's disease often complain of pain in their buttocks.
7. Inflammation of the skin, eyes and joints
Inflammation also develops and causes conjunctivitis (red eyes) or skin problems such as erythema nodosum (painful large lumps that often appear on the feet). This is a symptom of Crohn's disease that is rare and indicates that inflammation is very severe.
8. The skin feels itchy
Inflammation caused by Crohn's disease can block channels that carry bile, digestive juices from the liver to the gallbladder and small intestine. This condition usually occurs in people who have diseasePrimary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) at the same time with Crohn's disease. This condition can cause the skin to feel very itchy.
Until now, there are no drugs available to cure Crohn's disease. But, lifestyle changes, especially diet and some drugs can reduce the severity of symptoms.
