Crohn's disease: Difference between revisions

== Description ==

The inflammation of the intestines most often starts out in the mucosa. The disease can then grow inside and spread out to different layers of the intestines and the bowel. Due to the inflammation, ulcers start to grow and spread throughout the intestines growing in size. The lining of the intestine is covered with inflammation that it can no longer absorb the nurtients and water the body needs to keep healthy and turns into malabsorption. Once the body goes through malabsorption, more problems start to develop. As the inflammation grows, the lining of the intestine becomes more narrow and thicker not allowing bowels to come through. This leads to obstruction and can be treated by doctors, but can become permanent. The inflammation in the intestines can make its way all the down to the anus causing ripping and tearing of the skin. It can create sores in and around the anus and make a abscess, an area of inflamed or dead tissue. Sometimes a fistula (a abnormal passageway between two organs in the body) is formed usually between the bladder and the vagina, and in some cases, the outside of the body [[http://www.emedicinehealth.com/crohn_disease/article_em.htm]].

== Symptoms ==