The occurrence of inflammatory throughout the digestive tract is the general outcome of Crohn’s disease. The disease mainly aggresses towards the small and large intestine, but it could also impact other parts of the digestive tract as well. The small intestines are divided into three categories which are the ileum, jejunum, and duodenum. Crohn’s disease mainly impacts the ileum section where it swells up when irritated. The leading cause to Crohn’s disease is the process of being genetically passed on to further generations in a family. Other causes are smoking, which is a leading cause to numerous of other diseases. The aberrant response to bacteria through digestion and an irregular response in the immune system also plays an important role towards the etiology of Crohn’s disease.
