Crohn's Disease Signs & Symptoms - OmniMedicalSearch.com

Conditions & Diseases: Digestive System

Crohn's Disease

Signs & Symptoms

Symptoms of the disease are “persistent recurrent diarrhea,” often with frequent, loose or watery bowel movements; the stool is seldom accompanied with thick, dark blood.

Patients may also suffer from crampy, achy, sharp abdominal pain in the lower right side of the abdomen below the bellybutton since most of the Crohn’s disease often occurs in the terminal ileum. Some patients develop high fever followed by fatigue during an acute flare up of the disease (2,4,5).

In addition to the above loss of appetite, - loss of weight, delayed growth and sexual development are also observed in some patients. Development of fissures in the anal lining may cause pain and bleeding. Fistulas may open into the bladder or vagina with drainage of mucus, pus or stool from these openings (3).

According to ehealthmd, signs and symptoms not related to the digestive tract include:

Inflammation and reddening of eyes (iritis)
Pain in the joints especially those of large joints such as knees, ankles, elbows, wrists and shoulders.
Lesions on skin including red nodules on the shins or calves i.e., Erythema nodosum.
Sores in the mouth i.e., Aphthous ulcers.

In addition to the above, the eyes are affected due to uveitis, liver (PSC), skin is affected due to pyoderma gangrenosum and the kidney is affected due to kidney stones (6).

Article by Kona Vishnu, MS
Medical Writer,
OmniMedicalSearch.com