Crohn's disease
Living with Crohn's disease day to day: tracking flares, activity scores, food, and what to bring to appointments.
Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Disease Diagnosed at 60: What Changes
Yes, Crohn's disease can start at 60 or later. How late-onset Crohn's looks, why it gets missed, whether it is milder, and how treatment and surgery change.
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Crohn's diseaseWhat Does a Perianal Fistula Feel Like?
A perianal fistula usually feels like pain and pressure near the anus that builds, then eases when pus or fluid drains. How it differs from a fissure or hemorrhoid.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Disease and Breastfeeding: What to Know
Yes, you can usually breastfeed with Crohn's. The Crohn's-specific questions are perianal antibiotics, methotrexate, upadacitinib, B12 after resection and flares.
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Crohn's diseaseDoes Crohn's Disease Affect Fertility? The Evidence
Crohn's lowers fertility slightly, more than UC does. Active disease, perianal disease and repeated surgery drive most of it. In men the effect is small.
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Crohn's diseaseIs It Safe to Get Pregnant With Crohn's Disease?
Yes for most people with Crohn's, especially in remission. What raises the risk, what perianal disease and past surgery change, and why 'too risky' is rarely right.
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Crohn's diseaseWhat It Means When a Biologic Stops Working
A biologic that stops working usually means low drug levels, antibodies, inflammation using another pathway, or symptoms not from inflammation. Tests sort which.
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Crohn's diseaseWhat to Expect at Your First Biologic Infusion
Plan for a longer visit than the drip itself: checks, a cannula, the infusion and an observation period. Reactions are mostly mild and nurses are ready for them.
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Crohn's diseaseWhy Do I Need Blood Tests on a Biologic?
Blood tests on a biologic do three jobs: catch side effects of the drug or its partner, check drug levels, and track inflammation. Here is what each line means.
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Crohn's diseaseCan Crohn's Disease Affect Your Teeth and Gums?
Yes, but the strongest evidence is about your gums and jawbone, not your enamel. What eight studies actually found, and what to tell your dentist.
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Crohn's diseaseCan You Be Overweight With Crohn's Disease?
Yes. In adult Crohn's clinics around 40% of patients are overweight or obese. What that does and does not say about your disease, and what to track instead.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Disease Brain Fog: What the Studies Show
Brain fog in Crohn's is measurable, mostly in attention and working memory, but the evidence conflicts. What each cause predicts and how to record it.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Disease Eye Problems: Which Are Urgent
Crohn's can inflame the eye. Episcleritis is usually harmless, uveitis and scleritis are not. How to tell them apart and which symptoms need same-day care.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Disease Hair Loss: Does It Grow Back?
Crohn's hair loss is usually telogen effluvium: shedding that starts two to four months after a bad patch, then regrows. What to test, and what to rule out.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Disease Night Sweats: What They Mean
Night sweats are not a recognised Crohn's manifestation and no score counts them. What the evidence does show, the look-alikes, and when to call your team.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's With Constipation, Not Diarrhea
Constipation is a real Crohn's symptom, not proof of a misdiagnosis. What causes it, when it points at a narrowing, what the activity scores miss, and what to log.
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Crohn's diseaseDoes Smoking Make Crohn's Worse? The Evidence
Yes. Smoking raises the odds of a Crohn's flare, first surgery and repeat surgery. Here are the actual numbers, what quitting changes, and where vaping fits.
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Crohn's diseaseFlying With Crohn's Disease and Biologics
Flying with Crohn's disease: pack biologics in your cabin bag, never the hold, and check your product's room-temperature window, which runs from 0 to 30 days.
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Crohn's diseaseHow to Explain Crohn's Fatigue to People
Stop describing the feeling and describe the cost, the recovery time and the score. What works when people say I'm tired too, and what the evidence supports.
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Crohn's diseaseHow to Gain Weight With Crohn's Disease
Weight gain with Crohn's usually comes down to intake, absorption and inflammation, in that order. What the evidence shows, and what nobody has measured.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Mouth Ulcers: Causes, Signs and Treatment
Crohn's mouth ulcers affect about 1 in 10 people with Crohn's. What they look like, how long they last, what helps, and whether they signal a flare.
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Crohn's diseaseNausea After Eating With Crohn's: Why It Happens
Nausea after meals in Crohn's usually comes from narrowing, slow stomach emptying, upper gut disease or medication. How timing tells them apart.
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Crohn's diseaseWhy Junk Food Feels Better With Crohn's
Chips and white bread sit better than salad and steak because healthy and easy to digest are different properties. The measured mechanisms, and what they mean.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Disease and Alcohol: Can You Drink?
Crohn's disease and alcohol: most people can drink, and the largest study found no link to flares, but drinkers often report worse symptoms. What changes that.
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Crohn's diseaseCan You Exercise With Crohn's Disease?
Yes, and the trial evidence says structured exercise lowers disease activity scores. What it does not show, why training is harder, and when to stop.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Fatigue in Remission: Why You're Tired
Fatigue persists for roughly half of people with Crohn's in remission. What the evidence says is behind it, what is worth checking, and what actually helps.
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Crohn's diseaseFoods That Cause Ileostomy Blockage: The Evidence
Corn, nuts, popcorn, skins and casings top every list, but the strongest evidence on ileostomy blockage points at anatomy, not food. What actually matters.
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Crohn's diseaseHigh Calprotectin but No Symptoms: What It Means
A high faecal calprotectin while you feel fine usually means real inflammation you cannot feel, but not always. What the number means and what happens next.
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Crohn's diseaseHow to Keep a Job With Crohn's Disease
Most people with Crohn's disease stay in work. What the cohort studies say actually costs people their jobs, and the adjustments that follow from it.
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Crohn's diseaseCrohn's Joint Pain: Causes, Types and Treatment
Crohn's joint pain is the most common symptom outside the gut. Which joints it hits, whether it tracks flare-ups, and how Crohn's arthritis is treated.
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Crohn's diseaseWhat to Eat During a Crohn's Flare Up
Softer, smaller, more often, and more calories than you think. What the evidence says about eating during a Crohn's flare, and why strictures change it.
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Crohn's diseaseWhy Is My Crohn's Worse on My Period?
Cyclical worsening is real and documented in Crohn's, but the best prospective study found symptoms change while disease activity does not. How to tell them apart.
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Crohn's diseaseFood Diary App for Crohn's: What to Look For
The best food diary app for Crohn's is the one you keep using. Here is what to look for, what the research says tracking can do, and how to test one.
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Crohn's diseaseHarvey-Bradshaw Index: What Your Score Means
Under 5 is remission, 5-7 mild, 8-16 moderate, above 16 severe. What the Harvey-Bradshaw Index measures, what it misses, and how to read your own score.
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Crohn's diseaseHow to Tell If You're in a Crohn's Flare
Symptoms alone cannot confirm a Crohn's flare. How to read your own baseline, rule out the look-alikes, and use the tests that actually settle it.
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Crohn's diseaseIs Low FODMAP Good for Crohn's? The Evidence
Low FODMAP helps gut symptoms in Crohn's but does not treat inflammation. What the trials show, what to rule out first, and why it is not a low fibre diet.
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Crohn's diseaseQuestions to Ask Your Doctor About Crohn's Disease
The questions that change what happens next in Crohn's care, what a useful answer sounds like, and how to fit them into a ten-minute appointment.
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Crohn's diseaseCan You Drink Coffee With Crohn's? Usually Yes
Most people with Crohn's can drink coffee and no guideline bans it. Decaf stimulates the colon too, so caffeine is not the whole story. How to test yours.
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