Crohn's Disease Support Group
- Crohn's Disease
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
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New or changing symptoms often mean that additional treatment is needed to keep Crohn's disease under control. For this reason, people who have Crohn's disease should be in frequent contact with a doctor. One serious complication, bowel obstruction, causes vomiting or severe abdominal pain and requires emergency treatment. This occurs when the inside of the intestine becomes narrowed, so that the digestive contents cannot pass through. Other symptoms that require a...
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