Whats chroms disease?!


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Probably you mean "Crohn's disease," a form of chronic intestinal disease (inflammation) which can affect any part of the lining of the digestive tract, but especially the small and large intestine!. One reference is from "Wikipedia" as follows"
Crohn's disease
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Crohn's disease
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The three most common sites of intestinal involvement in Crohn's disease are ileal, ileocolic and colonic!.[1]

Crohn's disease (also known as regional enteritis) is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is generally classified as an autoimmune disease!. Crohn's disease can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus; as a result, the symptoms of Crohn's disease vary among afflicted individuals!. The disease is characterized by areas of inflammation with areas of normal lining between in a symptom known as skip lesions!. The main gastrointestinal symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody, though this may not be visible to the naked eye), constipation, vomiting, weight loss or weight gain!. Crohn's disease can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes, arthritis, and inflammation of the eye!.[1]

The disease was independently described in 1904 by Polish surgeon Antoni Lesniowski and in 1932 by American gastroenterologist Burrill Bernard Crohn, for whom the disease was named!. Crohn, along with two colleagues, described a series of patients with inflammation of the terminal ileum, the area most commonly affected by the illness!.[2] Crohn's disease affects between 400,000 and 600,000 people in North America!.[3] Prevalence estimates for Northern Europe have ranged from 27



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