Chronic Disease Outline
Crohn’s Disease Outline
Joshlyn A. Aday
SCI/162
Sunday November 25, 2012
Professor Julie Moyer
I. Crohn’s Disease is named after Burrill B. Crohn, the physician whom introduced the disease to us in 1972, just 40 years ago. Crohn’s disease has many names that it can be identified as, depending on the extent of the disease. They are as follows: Morbus Crohn’s, Granulomatus Enteritis, Regional Enteritis, or Terminal Ileitis. Attacks from Crohn’s Disease may in fact affect people from as early as their twenties to the late eighties.
History: Crohn 's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease of an undetermined cause that afflicts more than five-hundred thousand people in the United States and is not biased in regards to which it strikes. People unlucky enough to get Crohn 's Disease include the old and young; rich as well as poor; men, women, and children of white, black, and Asian descent; the disease does not discriminate against age, social class, gender or color. Crohn 's primarily attacks the digestive system in the areas of the ileum, which is part of the small intestine and the large intestine (also known as the colon), but can occur in any section of the gastrointestinal tract. Although Crohn 's disease afflicts all age groups, initial diagnosis generally occurs before the age of thirty.
II. Explanation of the disease: Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease. It’s caused by inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and complications that can develop if the inflammation is not controlled.
A. Common Symptoms:
1. Abdominal Pain: Pain often cramping and intermittent; the abdomen may be sore when touched. Abdominal pain may feel like a dull, constant ache depending on the location of inflammation.
2. Diarrhea: Some people with Crohn’s disease have diarrhea many times a day and need to wake up at night and go to the bathroom. Blood in the stool can also occur with diarrhea. This can also cause the body to lose
Joshlyn A. Aday
SCI/162
Sunday November 25, 2012
Professor Julie Moyer
I. Crohn’s Disease is named after Burrill B. Crohn, the physician whom introduced the disease to us in 1972, just 40 years ago. Crohn’s disease has many names that it can be identified as, depending on the extent of the disease. They are as follows: Morbus Crohn’s, Granulomatus Enteritis, Regional Enteritis, or Terminal Ileitis. Attacks from Crohn’s Disease may in fact affect people from as early as their twenties to the late eighties.
History: Crohn 's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease of an undetermined cause that afflicts more than five-hundred thousand people in the United States and is not biased in regards to which it strikes. People unlucky enough to get Crohn 's Disease include the old and young; rich as well as poor; men, women, and children of white, black, and Asian descent; the disease does not discriminate against age, social class, gender or color. Crohn 's primarily attacks the digestive system in the areas of the ileum, which is part of the small intestine and the large intestine (also known as the colon), but can occur in any section of the gastrointestinal tract. Although Crohn 's disease afflicts all age groups, initial diagnosis generally occurs before the age of thirty.
II. Explanation of the disease: Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease. It’s caused by inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and complications that can develop if the inflammation is not controlled.
A. Common Symptoms:
1. Abdominal Pain: Pain often cramping and intermittent; the abdomen may be sore when touched. Abdominal pain may feel like a dull, constant ache depending on the location of inflammation.
2. Diarrhea: Some people with Crohn’s disease have diarrhea many times a day and need to wake up at night and go to the bathroom. Blood in the stool can also occur with diarrhea. This can also cause the body to lose
References: Burnham, W. R., J. L. Stanford, and J. E. Lennard-Jones. 1977. Evidence for mycobacterial Etiology of Crohn 's disease. Gut 18:965. Burnham, W. R., and J. E. Lennard-Jones. 1978. Mycobacteria as a possible cause of inflammatory bowel disease. Lancet 2693-696. Calkins, B.M., A. M. Lilienfeld, C. F. Garland, and A. I. Medeloff. 1984. Trends in the incidence rates of ulcerative Colitis and Crohn 's disease. Dig. Dis. Sci. 29:913-920.