Crohn's Disease Mind and Body

Whenever someone falls, or starts to fall, sick the first thoughts are of cure and treatments. Of course we don’t all seek therapy and treatments from the same source. Some may prefer the homoeopathic route whilst others more traditional medication. In ether case the treatment delivered is in proportion to the scale and proportion of [...]

Sometimes known as the hidden disease Crohn’s Disease is a chronic condition that can develop in adolescence, often as young as 15 or 17 year old, as well as in the older person. Although it must be said that developing the condition in later life is rare.
No ‘respecter’ of people, Crohn’s Disease is widely spread [...]

If, like me, the first time you were diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease some of the phrases and terms used really need explanation. For me, and my partner, what is colitis or what is Crohn’s disease became the key questions needing answering. The trouble was the plethora of information rather than the scarcity.

Tags: Crohn’s Disease, ileitis

There are many conditions that can affect the digest system with Colitis being one them. Their symptoms of these various conditions can often be similar, which makes their eventual confirmed diagnose sometimes protracted.
Many of these conditions are somewhat similar and can often be confusing. Typically the cause and symptoms of Colitis are often confused with [...]

Diagnoses for Colitis and Crohn’s disease is not straightforward and often can take up a lot of time. The reason for this is that
The inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease appear to share several genetic variants and risk factors…
(ref: new studies conducted by British scientists, HealthDay News).
Although displaying many similarities, the two diseases [...]