Crohn’s disease is an Inflammatory Bowel Disease, named after a US gastroenterologist Burrill B Crohn. This is an inflammatory bowel disease characterized by thick patchy areas, due to inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract, extending anywhere from the mouth to the anal passage. This disease mainly involves the terminal part of the, of the small intestine or the proximal or starting part of the large intestine causing abdominal colic, loose stools, faulty absorption of nutrients, bloody stool and sometimes the formation of fistula, an abnormal tube-like passage between the intestine and other organs.
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