Crohns disease

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CROHNS DISEASE

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INTRODUCTION ABOUT CROHNS DISEASE

• Crohns disease is an autoimmune disease. A study
  from Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America
  revealed that as many as 700,000 American people
  are diagnosed with Crohns disease.
• Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory
  disease of the intestine which affects
  gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) from the mouth
  to the anus.
• It primarily affects the end of the small
  intestine the ileum where it joins the large
  intestine (or colon).
• The Crohn's disease not only affects the last
  segment of the small intestine, the inflammation
  can lead to destructive effect in other part of
  the body like joints, eyes, mouth and skin.
• It can also develop stones in kidney and gall.

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Crohns Disease Symptoms

• Diarrhoea 
• Fever and fatigue
• Abdominal pain and cramping
• Reduced appetite and weight loss
• Mouth sores
• Perianal disease

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Crohns Disease Diagnosis

• It generally takes a lot of time to find the
  Crohns disease, it would even take years.
  Doctors will start the diagnosis by gathering
  information about your health history, diet,
  other symptoms, environment and family history
  details. After then they will do physical
  examinations through and add to your record of
  symptoms.
• Lab tests are required in order to look for any
  problems linked to intestinal inflammation and
  thereby early identification of the disease. Lab
  tests may include
• Blood protein levels
• Body mineral levels
• Red blood cell counts
• White blood cell counts
• Blood sedimentation rates
• Stool samples to check for blood or infectious
  microbes

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Crohns Disease Diet

• There is no specific diet course for inflammatory
  bowel disease or Crohns disease. It is actually
  a pure experimentation, the patient has to test
  and try him/herself with various diets.
• He/ She can take some quantities of food and test
  the reactions of the bowl and then decide what is
  manageable. One more thing is to keep count of
  calories and talk to your doctor often.
• Crohns disease is the result of the immune
  system attacking its own GI tract. It mistakes
  the good bacteria with the bad one and starts
  destroying the same. He/ She must be cautious to
  keep the inflammatory flare-up levels down.

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Crohns Disease Diet

• The victim should look for a more balanced diet,
  that is protein rich but also easily digestible.
• During Crohns disease, it is good to have
  low-fibre diets that avoid fruits and vegetables,
  nuts, raisins, seeds and whole grains. Low fiber
  foods are easy to digest and tend to stimulate
  less secretion of intestinal fluids that causes
  less contraction in the bowel. This can help
  prevent diarrhoea and abdominal cramping.
• Grains  Grains have high fiber contents,
  especially whole grains. High fiber factor can
  increase abdominal pain and cause diarrhoea. Opt
  for low fiber foods like white bread, crackers,
  pasta, and rice.
• Fruits and Veggies  Another source of high fiber
  is Fruits and vegetables. It is not necessary to
  eliminate every fruit and vegetable from the diet
  list, but process the food further by steaming it
  or making it different like sauce, steamed
  vegetable etc.. Processing food makes the food
  easily digestible.

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Crohns Disease Diet

• Protein and Meat  Avoid higher fat food, try out
  eggs, fish, peanut butter (creamy versions only),
  white meat poultry etc.. Such foods that lower
  fat but protein rich, it helps to stabilize the
  protein in the body during Crohns disease.
• Dairy Products  Crohns patients cannot tolerate
  dairy very well. In general fat contents in dairy
  products creates the risk of gas and diarrhoea.
  Also, dairy products aggravate the swollen
  bowels, hence it is highly recommended to take
  low-fat dairy products like substitutes from
  plants like yogurt, and cheese made from soy,
  coconut, almond etc..
• Water  Crohns patients should drink abundant
  water.

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