Symptoms And Treatment Of Crohn s Disease - 1021 Words

Emma Vaccaro Bio 004 Review Paper â€Å"As with many life-altering events, an autoimmune illness is almost guaranteed to cause you to re-evaluate your priorities,† said Joan Friedlander. Crohn’s is an autoimmune disease that affects many parts of the body. These parts include, but are not limited to the eyes, skin, liver, and most heavily the intestines. When you have Crohn s disease, your body s immune system begins attacking all of healthy cells in your GI tract, which causes inflammation. Crohn’s is an incurable disease, but because of new medicine and treatment options, Crohn’s has become a livable disease. Crohn s has many different symptoms, and these symptoms present themselves in an array of different patterns in different†¦show more content†¦Jejunoileitis is characterized by patchy areas of inflammation in the upper half of the small intestine. Symptoms normally include mild to intense abdominal pain and cramps following meals, as well as diarrhea. In severe cases or aft er prolonged periods, fistulas can form. Lastly is Crohn s colitis. This type affects only the colon. Most symptoms include diarrhea, rectal bleeding, and disease around the anus in the forms of abscessed, fistulas, and ulcers. Skin lesions and joint pains are more common in this form of Crohn s than in other forms. The diet of a person living with Crohn s can greatly affect their symptoms and severity of their disease. Recent evidence has pointed to fiber playing an important role along with the possibility that dietary fat and over nutrition also have a role. (Chan, D., Kumar, D., Mendall, M.) It has been found that; â€Å"Diet has a clearer place in disease modification, with some diets used in the treatment of CD. The lack of clarity stems from a poor understanding of the mechanisms underlying the relationship between diet and CD. Gut permeability is likely to play a key role in the risk for CD†¦Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated as a risk factor for Crohn s disease†¦Ã¢â‚¬ (Chan, D., Kumar, D., Men dall, M.) Recently, doctors have been testing enteral feeding. Enteral feeding is the delivery of a nutritionally complete food, which contains protein, carbohydrate, fats, water, minerals and vitamins, directly into the stomach,