autoimmune

Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease is a type of bowel disease (IBD) that may affect any segment of the tract. Symptoms often include pain, , fever, abdominal distension, and weight loss. outside of the gastrointestinal tract may include , skin rashes, , of the eye, and . The skin rashes may be due to , as well as pyoderma gangrenosum or nodosum. Bowel obstruction may occur as a complication of inflammation, and those with the disease are at much greater risk of colorectal cancer and small bowel cancer.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

· pain, (may be bloody), fever, weight loss

Causes — why it happens

·Uncertain

How it's found

·, medical

Complications

· (iron ), skin rashes, , bowel cancer

Outlook

·Slightly increased risk of death

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