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Crohn's disease
Symptoms
- Diarrhea Diarrhea — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, complications, treatment of this unpleasant digestive condition.
- Symptom Checker Use this Symptom Checker to pinpoint possible causes of your medical symptoms.
Tests and diagnosis
- Barium enema Barium enema — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this exam to detect colon disease.
- Fecal occult blood test Fecal occult blood test — Overview covers definition, results of this colon cancer screening test.
- Colonoscopy Colonoscopy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this exam to detect colon disease.
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this exam to detect colon disease.
- Capsule endoscopy Capsule endoscopy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of swallowing a pill camera.
Complications
- Bone health: Tips to keep your bones healthy Bone health — Find out what you can do to promote and protect bone health.
Treatments and drugs
- Colectomy Colectomy — Overview covers what to expect, risks, preparation for colon surgery.
Lifestyle and home remedies
- Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity Improve your heart health, mood, stamina and more with regular physical activity.
- Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress Meditation — Learn quick and easy ways to meditate, no matter where you are.
- Dietary fiber: Essential for a healthy diet A high-fiber diet offers many health benefits. Here's how to increase your fiber intake.

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