digestive disorders
Crohn Disease
Symptoms of Crohn Disease
Themost common symptomsof Crohn disease are Crampy abdominal pain Chronic diarrhea (which sometimes is bloody when the large intestine is severely affected) Fever Loss of appetite Weight loss Symptoms of Crohn disease may continue for days or weeks and may resolve without treatment. Complete and permanent recovery after a single attack is extremely rare. Crohn disease almost always flares up at irregular intervals throughout a person's life. Flare-ups can be mild or severe, brief or prolonged. Severe flare-ups can lead to intense, constant pain, fever, and dehydration. Why the symptoms come and go and what triggers new flare-ups or determines their severity is not known. Recurring inflammation tends to appear in the same area of the intestine. It also may appear in areas near where a diseased segment has been removed surgically. In children, abdominal pain and diarrhea often are not the main symptoms and may not appear at all. Instead, the main symptoms may be slow growth, joint inflammation (arthritis), fever, or weakness and fatigue resulting from anemia. 