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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

Treatments and drugs

  • Colectomy Colectomy — Overview covers what to expect, risks, preparation for colon surgery.

Lifestyle and home remedies

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