Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease (kr

nz)

Ileitis involving the terminal portion of the ileum and characterized by abdominal pain, ulceration, and fibrous tissue buildup.

[After Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884-1983), American physician.]

Crohn's disease [krəʊnz]

(Medicine / Pathology) inflammation, thickening, and ulceration of any of various parts of the intestine, esp the ileum Also called regional enteritis See also Johne's disease

[named after B. B. Crohn (1884-1983), US physician]

Crohn's disease (kr

nz)

A gastrointestinal disease characterized by inflammation of the ileum, resulting in abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and weight loss. It is named after American physician Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884-1983), who first described it.

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Crohn's disease - a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss

regional enteritis, regional ileitis

colitis, inflammatory bowel disease - inflammation of the colon

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monoclonal antibody
proctitis
regional enteritis
regional ileitis
Remicade

TWO surveys commissioned by the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC) reveal the public is largely unaware of the lifelong and painful bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's.

Ignorance at distressing disease by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

Crohn's disease is actually a condition of chronic inflammation which normally has an effect on the end section of the small intestine and at the beginning part of the colon.

What Is a Crohn's Disease Diet? by Ricky Hussey / Health, general community

According to medical professionals, the diagnosis of Colitis and Crohn's disease (named for Burrill Bernard Crohn) can be problematic Simply manifesting the symptoms of distress in the digestive tract is not necessarily indicative of Crohn's disease According to medical professionals, the diagnosis of Colitis and Crohn's disease (named for Burrill Bernard Crohn) can be problematic.

Colitis and Crohn's Disease Similar Pathologies by Dean Deal / Health care industry community