According to Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America they say, “Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), which include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, usually affect as many as 1.4 million Americans, most of whom are diagnosed before age 30.” Even though both diseases have numerous symptoms alike, they have a lot of complicated differences. For example according to the CCFA, “Ulcerative colitis is limited to the large intestine (known as the colon) and the rectum”. Crohns Disease “affects the end of the small intestine (the ileum) and the beginning of the colon, but it can affect any part of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus.” In addition inflammation only happens on the surface layer of the intestinal lining. It also can be seen
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Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract.” Since Crohn’s disease is a hereditary disease, Terry didn’t know anyone in her family that had Crohn’s disease so she became more curious on research. Once she became educated on Crohn’s disease she found out that her cells from her immune system was taking on microbes instead of fighting them off. The minute she understood what it was, treatments and her boundaries she was able to take on Crohn’s disease with confidence. As of today Crohn’s disease is still a very important inflammatory disease that affects 2,000 american yearly in the United States. Crohns disease is a silent killer it is scary, deadly, and damaging. On the image below with statistics comes from Coriell personalized …show more content…
According to WebMD, chances of having Crohns disease or inflammatory bowel disease are between 10 to 20 percent. They also believe it’s more common to Jews and caucasians. Also scientists have identified a gene that’s connected to Crohns disease. The gene is supposed to decide which microbes to react to. WebMD also says that, “ If the gene has changed or mutated in some way, your body's reaction to microbes may also be different from the normal reaction.” As time goes by Inflammatory bowel disease develops overtime. Also people that gets Crohns disease by genes are more likely to get it twice as more than a person that have no relationships with anyone with Crohns
Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract.” Since Crohn’s disease is a hereditary disease, Terry didn’t know anyone in her family that had Crohn’s disease so she became more curious on research. Once she became educated on Crohn’s disease she found out that her cells from her immune system was taking on microbes instead of fighting them off. The minute she understood what it was, treatments and her boundaries she was able to take on Crohn’s disease with confidence. As of today Crohn’s disease is still a very important inflammatory disease that affects 2,000 american yearly in the United States. Crohns disease is a silent killer it is scary, deadly, and damaging. On the image below with statistics comes from Coriell personalized …show more content…
According to WebMD, chances of having Crohns disease or inflammatory bowel disease are between 10 to 20 percent. They also believe it’s more common to Jews and caucasians. Also scientists have identified a gene that’s connected to Crohns disease. The gene is supposed to decide which microbes to react to. WebMD also says that, “ If the gene has changed or mutated in some way, your body's reaction to microbes may also be different from the normal reaction.” As time goes by Inflammatory bowel disease develops overtime. Also people that gets Crohns disease by genes are more likely to get it twice as more than a person that have no relationships with anyone with Crohns