Crohn’s Disease & Ulcerative Colitis

What Do We Know About Crohn’s Disease & Ulcerative Colitis?

Compounding for Crohn’s Disease & Ulcerative Colitis

What is Crohn’s Disease?

The most common areas of the body impacted by Crohn’s disease are the end of small intestine plus the colon. The symptoms of Crohn’s disease can flare up suddenly and without any warning and there are also times when patients do not have any symptoms.

According to the Mayo Clinic, flare ups of the disease can include any of the below:

Diarrhea
Fever
Fatigue
Abdominal pain and cramping
Blood in the stool
Mouth sores
Reduced appetite and weight loss
Pain or drainage near or around the anus due to inflammation from a tunnel into the skin (fistula)

Source: Mayo Clinic Staf. Crohn’s Disease, 2019

Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s disease causes inflammation of the digestive tract (mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus) and symptoms caused by that may be abdominal pain, severe diarrhea and fatigue. Different areas of the GI tract may also be affected in different people.

In some people with Crohn’s disease, it only affects the colon. In others it may also affect the small intestine only.

Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) fall under a condition called Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and are characterized by chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

An estimated 30% of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) don’t respond well to current therapy or may relapse over time. New treatment options are necessary and Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) may be able to help these patients.

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