• Crohn's Disease - Complications
• Highlights
• Introduction
• Causes
• Risk Factors
• Complications
• Prognosis

Symptoms

The two major inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, share certain characteristics:

• Symptoms usually appear in young adults.
• Symptoms can develop gradually or have a sudden onset.
• Both are chronic. In either disease, symptoms may flare up (relapse) after symptom-free periods (remission) or symptoms may be continuous without treatment.
• Symptoms can be mild or very severe and disabling.

The specific symptoms of Crohns disease vary depending on where the disease is...