Symptoms of Crohn's disease
Crohns Disease symptoms can commonly be unclear and tricky to identify. Crohn's is a life-long chronic condition with periods of remission where symptoms disappear or diminish and good health returns. When the person is showing symptoms of Crohn disease, they are said to be active. Symptoms can range from mild to severe. On the whole, though, people living with Crohn's disease lead full, active, and productive lives.When active, Crohns disease symptom includes;
- Persistent and frequent diarrhoea. A common complaint from Crohn's sufferers. It will be loose watery and may contain blood and/or mucus,
- Crampy abdominal pain and feeling of fullness in the gut. The gut can feel sore to the touch,
- Fever, sometimes accompanied with a high body temperature,
- Loss of appetite,
- Weight loss.,
- Fatigue,
- And, Rectal bleeding.
Related symptoms include;
- Mouth ulcers,
- Pain in the joints,
- Eye inflammation,
- Skin rashes,
- And ulcer tracts in the intestines which are caused by Crohn's can also tunnel into adjacent organs, including the gall bladder, the liver and skin, causing infections.
A small percentage of sufferers may go on to develop cancer of the small bowel.