Crohn’s Disease
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Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It commonly affects the small intestine, but it can affect any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus. Crohn's disease typically causes abdominal pain and often causes diarrhea, vomiting, or both. Depending on the area of the digestive system that is attacked, people with Crohn's disease may experience rectal bleeding, abscesses or ulcers around the anus, dangerous weight loss, and even joint pain and skin lesions. Crohn's disease has been associated with Accutane use.
Symptoms of Crohn's Disease
The symptoms of Crohn's disease vary with severity and location of the disease. With any type of IBD, a person will typically have flare-ups in which symptoms worsen and more symptoms appear. Symptoms of Crohn's disease include:
- Diarrhea
- Frequent bowel movements
- Rectal bleeding
- Anal fissures
- Fistulas (tunnels) connecting the intestine to the bladder, vagina, or skin
- Abdominal cramping
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Weight loss
- Loss of appetite
- Joint pain
- Skin lesions
- Oral lesions
- Fever
- Fatigue
Complications of Crohn's Disease
Crohn's disease damages tissue deep into the intestinal wall. Like the symptoms, the complications are often determined by the location of the disease. Complications can include:
- Scar tissue in the digestive tract
- Thickening of the bowel wall
- Intestinal blockage
- Ulcers, fistulas, and abscesses in the digestive tract
- Malnutrition
- Specific and severe vitamin or mineral deficiencies, and all the health problems they can cause
- Extreme weight loss
Crohn's Disease Treatment
There is no medical cure for Crohn's disease, although some people have cured themselves with radical diet and lifestyle changes. Treatment of Crohn's disease involves:
- Minimizing flare-ups
- Surgically remove damaged sections of the digestive tract
- Replacing nutrients
Nutrition in Crohn's disease involves avoiding foods that trigger flare-ups while maintaining adequate nutrition and supplementing any specific nutrients that are deficient. Certain parts of the digestive tract are responsible for certain nutrients, so deficiencies can occur even with a healthy diet.
Anti-inflammatory medications and immunosuppressants are used to minimize inflammation and treat flare-ups.
Surgery is avoided when possible because Crohn's disease just comes back somewhere else. In autoimmune conditions, it is very difficult to stop your body from attacking itself once your immune system has "learned" your own cells are the enemy.
Hagens Berman Can Help You
If you or your loved one has suffered Accutane side effects such as Crohn's disease, you may be entitled to compensation. Hagens Berman is a large national law firm with the vast resources and experience necessary to battle the high-powered legal teams employed by the pharmaceutical companies. We will provide you with highly aggressive representation to ensure the greatest likelihood of a successful outcome to your claim.
Please contact our Accutane lawyers today to schedule your free initial consultation. Hagens Berman serves clients nationwide.
