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Crohn's disease
Crohn's disease
, also known as
Crohn syndrome
and
regional enteritis
, is a type of
inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD) that may affect any part of the
gastrointestinal tract
from
mouth
to
anus
.
Signs
and
symptoms
often include
abdominal pain
,
diarrhea
(which may be bloody if inflammation is severe),
fever
, and
weight loss
. Other complications may occur outside the gastrointestinal tract and include
anemia
,
skin rashes
,
arthritis
,
inflammation of the eye
, and
tiredness
. The skin rashes may be due to infections as well as
pyoderma gangrenosum
or
erythema nodosum
.
Bowel obstruction
also commonly occurs and those with the disease are at greater risk of
bowel cancer
.
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