81. The Lantern Online Crohn s disease may hit its peak in young adults, , The Lantern, a newspaper ofOhio State. http://www.thelantern.com/news/2003/11/19/Campus/Crohns.Disease.May.Hit.Its.Peak

document.write(''+''); The Lantern Extras: Paying for College Student Resources Scholarships Movies ... GradZone Current Issue: document.write(currentissuedayname + ', ' + currentissuemonthname + ' ' + currentissueday + ', ' + currentissueyear); Home Campus Sports Arts ... Advanced var story_id = 562000; Home Campus Crohn's disease may hit its peak in young adults By Matthew Engelhaupt Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Homesickness is not the only sickness that strikes college students. Crohn's disease, a chronic, incurable inflammatory bowel disease, is making life difficult for many young adults who were once a beacon of health. While possessing the ability to disrupt any part of the gastrointestinal tract, the disease usually affects the small intestine or colon, causing everyday activities to become an extreme nuisance. "When this disease strikes, it actually strikes right about the time you are starting college," said Mel Payne, president of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Central Ohio Chapter. "That has got to be a frustrating thing when you are making that transition into college, and then suddenly this thing comes out of nowhere." Crohn's disease affects men and women equally, with the majority of cases occurring between the ages of 15 and 30. The main symptoms are persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever and rectal bleeding.

82. Crohn's Disease Resource Center - HealingWell.com Comprehensive guide to Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis, including medicalnews, chat, articles and information, message boards, illustrations, http://www.healingwell.com/ibd/

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83. Crohn's / Colitis Home Page Crohn s disease Ulcerative Colitis Inflammatory Bowel disease Pages. Yet one moreplace on the WWW for those of us living with these diseases, http://qurlyjoe.bu.edu/cduchome.html

Welcome to the Crohn's Disease Ulcerative Colitis Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pages Yet one more place on the WWW for those of us living with these diseases, and our families and friends, to find information, solace, and encouragement. Our goal is to provide a convenient, one-stop shopping site for FAQs, links to other sources, and anything else we can find (or that you suggest.) No particular axes to grind, beyond the idea that suffering shared is suffering lessened. We're nearly 11 YEARS OLD! That's ancient by WWW standards. BILLIONS and BILLIONS of bytes served to the IBD Community on the WWW since October, 1994. Last updated 9/8/05. Here is an excellent collection of information on resources available for victims of Katrina, and how to get help from government and other agencies. Disaster Relief Information If you have a web site of your own, please consider copying this document and posting it. The more the merrier. "Know Your Rights: A Handbook for Patients with Chronic Illness" Expanded July 2005 New Edition - A preview of the table of contents can be found here . Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc. - and the new Handbook - will provide advice, information and services in many areas, including but not limited to the following:

84. Teens With Crohn's Disease Website Includes recipes, message board and share your story. http://pages.prodigy.net/mattgreen/

PrxModAtr=1; PrxModAtr=1; PrxModAtr=1; Welcome to the Teens With Crohn's Disease Website Crohn's Disease: An inflammation of the digestive tract commonly found in the small and/or large bowel that is very painful and very, very, annoying. Experiences Recipes Who Runs All This? Links Welcome! I was first diagnosed with Crohn's Disease nearly ten years ago and, being a teenager at the time, I found it difficult to talk to others about the disease that did not have it. I created this site as a place to share stories and information - for teens, by teens - with Crohn's Disease, Colitis, or IBS. Apparently I've made a big impact here. I'm glad to do what I can to make a difference. On this page, I will post experiences we teens have had with the disease. Any advice you may wish to pass on to others is also welcome. Since most all of us follow special diets, there is a recipe section. I have tried many of the recipes listed here, and several have become my favorites. Try them and let me know what you think. Please keep in mind that all of our diets are different, so what works for someone else may not work for you.

85. "My Life With Crohn's Disease" The story of a teenager s life with Crohn s disease. It goes into great detailfrom diagnosis at age 13 in 1994 through the present. http://pages.prodigy.net/mattgreen/abothost.htm

PrxModAtr=1; My Life With Crohn's Disease by Matt the Webmaster So, your interested in who I am and how I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. I was diagnosed on September 1, 1994. I was 13 at the time and had spent the summer in severe pain. My intestines had swollen shut and I was totally dehydrated when I went into the hospital. Before I was diagnosed, the doctors gave me Zantac for an "ulcer", and one doctor thought that I was starving myself! I would sleep a lot more than usual and I didn't want to do anything. The worst part was that nobody knew what was wrong with me. Did I have some new, unheard of disease? Not even TV would leave me alone; I'd click around the cable and be greeted with: "How can I be dying of a disease no one's ever heard of?" from a soap opera. How depressing! When I was diagnosed, I had the usual selection of tests done, like the oh so fun Upper GI! To this day barium makes me gag. What was worse was the next day the doctor started me on vanilla Ensure, which is just too much like barium. Days later, I was released from the hospital with a disease I'd never heard of in my life and a lactose-free diet. I was to take six Asacol per day.

86. NACC - National Association For Colitis And Crohn's Disease This UK charity provides information and support to those with colitis or Crohn sdisease, fund raising for welfare services and research. http://www.nacc.org.uk/

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87. MedlinePlus: Crohn's Disease From the National Institutes of Health; Crohn s disease (National Digestive Overviews; About Crohn s disease (Crohn s Colitis Foundation of America) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/crohnsdisease.html

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88. Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Irritable Bowel Syndrome Top 10 Things You Should Know About Crohn s disease There s so much to learnabout Crohn s disease, it can sometimes feel like you ll never be able to take http://ibscrohns.about.com/

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90. Crohn's Disease A quick overview of Crohn s disease its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/5/1680_50985.htm

WebMD Today Home WebMD News Center XML News via RSS Member Services WebMD University My WebMD Find a Physician Medical Info Check Symptoms Medical Library Health Tools Clinical Trials ... Women, Men, Lifestyle Who We Are About WebMD Site Map Crohn's Disease By NIDDK WebMD Public Information from the National Institutes of Health Crohn's disease causes inflammation in the small intestine. Crohn's disease usually occurs in the lower part of the small intestine, called the ileum, but it can affect any part of the digestive tract, from the mouth to the anus. The inflammation extends deep into the lining of the affected organ. The inflammation can cause pain and can make the intestines empty frequently, resulting in diarrhea. Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the general name for diseases that cause inflammation in the intestines. Crohn's disease can be difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are similar to other intestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome and to another type of IBD called ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation and ulcers in the top layer of the lining of the large intestine. Crohn's disease affects men and women equally and seems to run in some families. About 20 percent of people with Crohn's disease have a blood relative with some form of IBD, most often a brother or sister and sometimes a parent or child.

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93. Crohn S Disease Familydoctor.org Information about Crohn s disease from the American Academy of Family Physicians. http://familydoctor.org/810.xml

Advanced Search familydoctor.org Home Conditions A to Z Digestive Disorders Crohn's Disease What is Crohn's disease? Who gets Crohn's disease? How can my doctor tell if I have Crohn's disease? How is Crohn's disease treated? ... What can I expect after treatment? Crohn's Disease Printer-friendly version Email this article What is Crohn's disease? Crohn's disease causes ulcers to form in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract anywhere from the mouth to the anus. Symptoms include stomach cramps and pain that comes and goes, diarrhea and blood in your stool. Other symptoms include losing weight, feeling sick to your stomach, having joint pain and feeling tired. Some people who have Crohn's disease have severe symptoms, while others have less severe symptoms. Some people who have the disease have long periods without symptoms, even without getting treatment. Others with more severe disease will need long-term treatment or even surgery. Return to top Who gets Crohn's disease? Almost 500,000 people in the United States have Crohn's disease. Anyone can get Crohn's disease, but it's more common in women, whites and Jewish people. It is not known what causes Crohn's disease. It seems to run in families, but there is no known pattern of inheritance. Return to top How can my doctor tell if I have Crohn's disease?

94. Paratuberculosis And Crohn's Disease: Got Milk? Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in milk causing Crohn s disease. http://www.mad-cow.org/00/paraTB.html

Paratuberculosis And Crohn's Disease: Got Milk? by Michael Greger, MD Updated January 2001 Project Censored Microbial foodborne illness is the largest class of emerging infectious diseases. In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released the latest figures on the incidence of US foodborne illness considered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be the most complete estimate ever compiled. Seventy-six million Americans every year get food poisoning, more than double the previous estimate. In today's food safety lottery there's a 1 in 4 chance you'll get sick, 1 in 840 chance you'll be hospitalized and 1 in 55,000 chance that an American will die from foodborne illness annually. The CDC estimates 97% of foodborne illness is caused by animal foods. The latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) survey, for example, found 9 out of 10 Thanksgiving turkeysover 90%are contaminated with campylobacter, the most common cause of bacterial food poisoning in the US. And 75% of the turkeys are contaminated with two or more food-borne diseases, most often salmonella as well, which are becoming dangerously resistant to many of our best antibiotics. Although thousands die from food poisoning every year in the United States, most sufferers only experience acute self-limited episodes. Up to 15% of those that contract salmonella, however, go on to get serious joint inflammation that can last for years. An estimated 100,000 to 200,000 people suffer from arthritis arising directly from foodborne infections each year it the USA.

95. Crohn's And Other Bowel Diseases Current reliable information on chronic pain. Extensive medical resources forpatient and physician. http://www2.rpa.net/~lrandall/crohns.html

Crohn's and other Bowel Diseases PatientCommunity.com A comprehensive resource for patients with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. DigestionInfo.com Do you suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome or symptoms such as nausea, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, or any other digestion related disorder? This web site may help you to gain a better understanding of digestion and it's problems. Crohn's Disease - NIH NIDDK Fact Sheet from the National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse CCFA - Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America This site offers some comprehensive information about inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBS Frequently Asked Questions A comprehensive list of facts about irritable bowel syndrome including how it differs from Crohn's disease. Crohn's Disease Updated weekly by Healthlink USA. First treatment for Crohn's disease approved August 24, 1998 press release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other pharmaceutical trials and treatments. Infliximab (Remicade) Approved for Crohn's Disease REMICADE(TM) (Infliximab) Now Available Nationwide for Crohn's Disease . October 12, 1998: "Breakthrough therapy offers patients new hope in combating this serious gastrointestinal condition. Crohn's Disease Pivotal Trials . Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ISIS 2302 is an investigational drug being tested against a variety of inflammatory conditions including Crohn's Disease.

96. Diseases & Conditions - Crohn's Disease Crohn s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the general name for Most commonly, however, Crohn s disease involves the small and large http://www.jnj.com/product/conditions/crohns_disease.htm

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97. Crohn's Disease: Definition And Much More From Answers.com Crohn s disease ( kronz ) n. Ileitis involving the terminal portion of the ileumand characterized by abdominal pain, ulceration, and fibrous tissue. http://www.answers.com/topic/crohn-s-disease

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Dictionary Diagnosis WordNet Wikipedia Translations Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Crohn's disease Dictionary Crohn's disease krà nz n. Ileitis involving the terminal portion of the ileum and characterized by abdominal pain, ulceration, and fibrous tissue buildup. [After Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884–1983), American physician.] Diagnosis Crohn's Disease What is Crohn's disease? Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines. Itprimarily causes ulcerations (breaks in the lining) of the small and largeintestines, but can affect the digestive system anywhere from the mouth to theanus. It is named after the physician who described the disease in 1932. It alsois called granulomatous enteritis or colitis, regional enteritis, ileitis, orterminal ileitis. Related Links on MedicineNet.com Page 2 of this Article Related Medical Procedures and Tests The Doctor's Response Information on this web site is provided for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. You should not use the information on this web site for diagnosing or treating a medical or health condition. You should carefully read all product packaging. If you have or suspect you have a medical problem, promptly contact your professional healthcare provider. Statements and information regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated or approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Please consult your healthcare provider before beginning any course of supplementation or treatment.

98. InteliHealth: Crohn's Disease InteliHealth Featuring Harvard Medical School s consumer health information.For more than 550 diseases and conditions, learn What Is It?, Symptoms, http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/11038.html

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99. CROHN'S DISEASE And ULCERATIVE COLITIS : Contact A Family - For Families With Di Contact a Family is a UK charity for families with disabled children. We offerinformation on specific conditions and rare disorders. http://www.cafamily.org.uk/Direct/c84.html

printer friendly CROHN'S DISEASE and ULCERATIVE COLITIS home how we can help medical information index of conditions ... how you can help Did you find this page helpful? yes no Collectively known as Inflammatory Bowel disease (IBD), these chronic illnesses both involve severe inflammation of the digestive tract. Although they are different illnesses they are sometimes difficult to tell apart. Crohn's disease Crohn's disease is usually characterised by inflammation of one or more areas of the digestive tract, with normal areas of gut in between. It can occur anywhere from the mouth to the anus but most commonly in the small and large intestine. This inflammation may lead to ulceration, abscesses and strictures in the bowel. It is a chronic (long lasting) condition which can wax and wane over a period of months and years. So far there is no cure but treatment can produce a symptom-free remission. Oral Crohn's affecting the mouth and lips, occurs quite frequently in children and may occur with or without any involvement of the digestive tract. With Crohn's disease the symptoms are extremely variable and can include severe abdominal pain (sometimes mistaken for appendicitis), vomiting, nausea, persistent diarrhoea (possibly with blood and/or mucus), constipation, dramatic weight loss, tiredness, anaemia and mouth ulceration. Sometimes the symptoms may not initially suggest bowel disease at all, with the child or young adult feeling very lethargic with a loss of appetite, joint pains, skin rash or even a failure to grow or develop pubertally.

100. Crohn's Disease -- August 15, 2003 - American Family Physician Crohn s disease causes ulcers to form in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract Some people with Crohn s disease have severe symptoms, while others have less http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030815/717ph.html

Advanced Search AAFP Home Page Journals Vol. 68/No. 4 (August 15, 2003) Please note: This information was as current as we could make it on the date given above. But medical information is always changing, and some information given here may be out of date. For regularly updated information on a variety of health topics, please visit familydoctor.org , the AAFP patient education Web site. An article on this topic is available in this issue of AFP. Crohn's Disease What is Crohn's disease? Crohn's disease causes ulcers to form in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract anywhere from the mouth to the anus. Symptoms include stomach cramps and pain that comes and goes, diarrhea, and blood in your stool. Other symptoms include weight loss, nausea, joint pain, and feeling tired. Some people with Crohn's disease have severe symptoms, while others have less severe symptoms. Some people with the disease have long periods without symptoms, even without needing treatment. Others with more severe disease will need long-term treatment or even surgery. Who gets Crohn's disease?

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