CROHN DISEASE

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	CROHN DISEASE
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CROHN DISEASE

Disease of Crohn

Well-known also like Regional ileitis; ileitis Granulomatosa or ileocolitis; regional enteritis.

It is an inflammatory disease of the ileo, distal part of the thin intestine, and can affect in some cases the joints.

It mainly affects young adults.

Complications

Intestinal obstruction.

Hemorrhages and anemia.

Fistula between vejiga and the intestine.

Perirrectal abscess.

Perforation of the inflamed intestine.

The susceptibility to the ileo cancer intensifies.

Pain and inflammation in the joints; ocular inflammation.

Renales upheavals.

Malabsorción.

Anemia by deficiency B12 Vitamin.

Prognosis

The attacks usually begin when the patient this in the twenty and can continue more during many years.

The intervals between attacks vary between one every few months to one every few years.

Sometimes the symptoms only appear one or twice and later the disease disappears.

If you and their doctor decides that the surgery prevails (consisting of extirpating the affected zone of thin intestine), the affection can be improved

spectacularly and to postpone their evolution during years, although relapses in spite of the surgery occur, and this is of an important amplitude sometimes.

Causes

Strangers.

Recent studies aim towards a bad regulation of the defenses of the organism.

Signs and symptoms

Abdominal pain with cramps, mainly after eating.

Some times, the pain can simulate an appendicitis.

Nauseas and diarrea, general malaise, fever.

Loss of weight and appetite.

Pain in the abdomen; an intestinal mass forms that can be felt.

Lees with blood (sometimes).

In children, delay of the growth.

Factors of risk

Familiar antecedents of allergies to foods, or disease of Crohn.

Prevention

To date there is no prevention.

Diagnosis and treatment

DIAGNOSIS:

Medical recognition and file.

Analysis of blood.

Procedures of surgical diagnosis, like sigmoidoscopia or colonoscopia.

X-rayses of the colon and the thin intestine.

TREATMENT:

General Measures

The heat alleviates the pain.

Apply an electrical pad or compresas I warm up against the abdomen.

If the abdominal cramps are severe or frequent, dígaselo to their doctor.

Observe its depositions newspaper in case they contained blood.

Take the suspicious samples to its doctor to analyze.

Medication

His doctor can prescribe:

Analgesic.

Antidiarreica medication.

Vitaminic supplements.

Antiinflammatory and inmunosupresoras drugs.

Antibiotics to fight the infection.

Recently quite effective drugs have appeared altar this disease and "prime" the ulcerosa colitis of this.

Activity

During the acute attacks, it rests in the bed or a chair.

One does not rise more than to go bathroom or to eat.

Between attacks, it often rests during the day and it sleeps up to 10 hours every night.

Diet

Low in remainders, discharge in proteins and carbohydrates and vitamins and minerals.

The most important foods are the meats, potatoes and their substitutes.

Request the opinion of a dietista.

If it has possible nutritional allergies, it omits susceptible milk, wheat, eggs, nuts and other foods;

Let take them - mainly milk - some time, and return to try it.

Warn its doctor if...

The following symptoms happen during the treatment:

Pain in the chest.

Fever.

Loss of appetite.

They appear inexplicable new symptoms. The drugs used in the treatment can cause indirect effect.

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