ballochroy.com » Crohn’s disease http://ballochroy.com Health issues and information Thu, 24 May 2012 15:01:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Prebiotic May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk, Severity Of Colitis http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/prebiotic-may-reduce-colon-cancer-risk-severity-of-colitis/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/prebiotic-may-reduce-colon-cancer-risk-severity-of-colitis/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:20:02 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/prebiotic-may-reduce-colon-cancer-risk-severity-of-colitis/ Researchers at Michigan State University have shown a prebiotic may help the body’s own natural killer cells fight bacterial infection and reduce inflammation, greatly decreasing the risk of colon cancer. Prebiotics are fiber supplements that serve as food for the trillions of tiny bacteria living in the gut. When taken, they can stimulate the growth of the “good” bacteria…

View full post on Crohn’s / IBD News From Medical . . . → Read More: Prebiotic May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk, Severity Of Colitis]]> Researchers at Michigan State University have shown a prebiotic may help the body’s own natural killer cells fight bacterial infection and reduce inflammation, greatly decreasing the risk of colon cancer. Prebiotics are fiber supplements that serve as food for the trillions of tiny bacteria living in the gut. When taken, they can stimulate the growth of the “good” bacteria…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/prebiotic-may-reduce-colon-cancer-risk-severity-of-colitis/feed/ 0 For Pediatric Crohn’s Patients, MR Enterography As Good Or Better Than Standard Imaging Exams http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/for-pediatric-crohns-patients-mr-enterography-as-good-or-better-than-standard-imaging-exams/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/for-pediatric-crohns-patients-mr-enterography-as-good-or-better-than-standard-imaging-exams/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:20:42 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/for-pediatric-crohns-patients-mr-enterography-as-good-or-better-than-standard-imaging-exams/ MR enterography is superior to CT enterography in diagnosing fibrosis in pediatric patients with Crohn disease and equally as good as CT enterography in detecting active inflammation, and a new study shows. The study, conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, found that MR enterography was 77.6% accurate in depicting fibrosis compared to 56.9% for CT enterography…

View full post on Crohn’s / IBD News From Medical . . . → Read More: For Pediatric Crohn’s Patients, MR Enterography As Good Or Better Than Standard Imaging Exams]]> MR enterography is superior to CT enterography in diagnosing fibrosis in pediatric patients with Crohn disease and equally as good as CT enterography in detecting active inflammation, and a new study shows. The study, conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, found that MR enterography was 77.6% accurate in depicting fibrosis compared to 56.9% for CT enterography…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/for-pediatric-crohns-patients-mr-enterography-as-good-or-better-than-standard-imaging-exams/feed/ 0 Improved Understanding Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease In First Nations People http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/improved-understanding-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease-in-first-nations-people/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/improved-understanding-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease-in-first-nations-people/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:20:28 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/improved-understanding-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease-in-first-nations-people/ Inflammatory bowel disease is relatively rare in Canadian First Nations people but common in white people, possibly due to different genetic variants, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) that helps improve understanding of the mechanisms of the disease…

View full post on Crohn’s / IBD News From Medical . . . → Read More: Improved Understanding Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease In First Nations People]]> Inflammatory bowel disease is relatively rare in Canadian First Nations people but common in white people, possibly due to different genetic variants, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) that helps improve understanding of the mechanisms of the disease…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/improved-understanding-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease-in-first-nations-people/feed/ 0 Living Human Gut-On-A-Chip Could Provide Insights Into Disorders And Help Evaluate Potential Treatments http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/living-human-gut-on-a-chip-could-provide-insights-into-disorders-and-help-evaluate-potential-treatments/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/living-human-gut-on-a-chip-could-provide-insights-into-disorders-and-help-evaluate-potential-treatments/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:20:07 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/living-human-gut-on-a-chip-could-provide-insights-into-disorders-and-help-evaluate-potential-treatments/ Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a gut-on-a-chip microdevice lined by living human cells that mimics the structure, physiology, and mechanics of the human intestine — even supporting the growth of living microbes within its luminal space…

View full post on Crohn’s / IBD News From Medical . . . → Read More: Living Human Gut-On-A-Chip Could Provide Insights Into Disorders And Help Evaluate Potential Treatments]]> Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a gut-on-a-chip microdevice lined by living human cells that mimics the structure, physiology, and mechanics of the human intestine — even supporting the growth of living microbes within its luminal space…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/living-human-gut-on-a-chip-could-provide-insights-into-disorders-and-help-evaluate-potential-treatments/feed/ 0 Despite Lack Of New Treatment Options, Network Approach Improves Outcomes In Crohn’s Disease And Ulcerative Colitis http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/despite-lack-of-new-treatment-options-network-approach-improves-outcomes-in-crohns-disease-and-ulcerative-colitis/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/despite-lack-of-new-treatment-options-network-approach-improves-outcomes-in-crohns-disease-and-ulcerative-colitis/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:20:01 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/despite-lack-of-new-treatment-options-network-approach-improves-outcomes-in-crohns-disease-and-ulcerative-colitis/ Many children with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis who received treatment through ImproveCareNow, a national quality improvement and research network, ceased to have symptoms and no longer needed to take steroids for disease management…

View full post on Crohn’s / IBD News From Medical . . . → Read More: Despite Lack Of New Treatment Options, Network Approach Improves Outcomes In Crohn’s Disease And Ulcerative Colitis]]> Many children with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis who received treatment through ImproveCareNow, a national quality improvement and research network, ceased to have symptoms and no longer needed to take steroids for disease management…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/despite-lack-of-new-treatment-options-network-approach-improves-outcomes-in-crohns-disease-and-ulcerative-colitis/feed/ 0 Strengthening The Intestinal Barrier May Prevent Cancer In The Rest Of The Body http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/strengthening-the-intestinal-barrier-may-prevent-cancer-in-the-rest-of-the-body/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/strengthening-the-intestinal-barrier-may-prevent-cancer-in-the-rest-of-the-body/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:20:50 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/strengthening-the-intestinal-barrier-may-prevent-cancer-in-the-rest-of-the-body/ A leaky gut may be the root of some cancers forming in the rest of the body, a new study published online Feb. 21 in PLoS ONE by Thomas Jefferson University researchers suggests…

View full post on Crohn’s / IBD News From Medical . . . → Read More: Strengthening The Intestinal Barrier May Prevent Cancer In The Rest Of The Body]]> A leaky gut may be the root of some cancers forming in the rest of the body, a new study published online Feb. 21 in PLoS ONE by Thomas Jefferson University researchers suggests…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/strengthening-the-intestinal-barrier-may-prevent-cancer-in-the-rest-of-the-body/feed/ 0 Traveling With Inflammatory Bowel Disease http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/traveling-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/traveling-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:07 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/traveling-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease/ Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) travelers have an increased risk of illness during trips to industrialized countries, but not to developing or tropical regions, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association…

View full post on Crohn’s / IBD News From Medical . . . → Read More: Traveling With Inflammatory Bowel Disease]]> Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) travelers have an increased risk of illness during trips to industrialized countries, but not to developing or tropical regions, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/traveling-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease/feed/ 0 IBD Emerges As A Global Disease http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/ibd-emerges-as-a-global-disease/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/ibd-emerges-as-a-global-disease/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:20:08 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/ibd-emerges-as-a-global-disease/ The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are increasing with time and in different regions around the world, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association…

View full post on Crohn’s / IBD News From Medical . . . → Read More: IBD Emerges As A Global Disease]]> The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are increasing with time and in different regions around the world, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/ibd-emerges-as-a-global-disease/feed/ 0 What is the difference between Costochondritis and Crohn’s Disease? http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/what-is-the-difference-between-costochondritis-and-crohns-disease/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/what-is-the-difference-between-costochondritis-and-crohns-disease/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:34:34 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/what-is-the-difference-between-costochondritis-and-crohns-disease/ Question by pizzaman: What is the difference between Costochondritis and Crohn’s Disease? I have two friends: one who’s 31 named Katie, and one who’s 20 named Natasha. They were both experiencing the same pain in their sternum. Katie’s doctor told her it was costochondritis and one told her it was Crohn’s Disease. Are they both the same? Is there a cure?

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Answer by Pixie ChickCostochondritis is an inflammation of the cartilage that connects the breast bone to the ribs. It is acute, short lived, goes away within a week or two. Anti-inflammatories like Advil can help. Crohn’s Disease is chronic with flare ups intermittently and is associated with the small bowel which becomes inflammed. Symptoms do not include chest pain. Symptoms are mid to lower abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. These two diagnosis are very different. Google for more information. There is no cure for Crohn’s Disease just palliative treatment, sometimes with severe Crohns, surgery is necessary to remove diseased bowel and a ileostomy is formed for evacuation of stool; an appliance bag that adheres to the outside of your body.

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I have two friends: one who’s 31 named Katie, and one who’s 20 named Natasha. They were both experiencing the same pain in their sternum. Katie’s doctor told her it was costochondritis and one told her it was Crohn’s Disease. Are they both the same? Is there a cure?

Best answer:

Answer by Pixie Chick
Costochondritis is an inflammation of the cartilage that connects the breast bone to the ribs. It is acute, short lived, goes away within a week or two. Anti-inflammatories like Advil can help. Crohn’s Disease is chronic with flare ups intermittently and is associated with the small bowel which becomes inflammed. Symptoms do not include chest pain. Symptoms are mid to lower abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. These two diagnosis are very different. Google for more information. There is no cure for Crohn’s Disease just palliative treatment, sometimes with severe Crohns, surgery is necessary to remove diseased bowel and a ileostomy is formed for evacuation of stool; an appliance bag that adheres to the outside of your body.

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/what-is-the-difference-between-costochondritis-and-crohns-disease/feed/ 0 Endometriosis Raises Risk OF Inflammatory Bowel Disease http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/endometriosis-raises-risk-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease/ http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/endometriosis-raises-risk-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:20:18 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/crohns-disease/endometriosis-raises-risk-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease/ About one in ten women of child-bearing age suffers from endometriosis, a fairly common condition in which cells from the lining of the uterus grow in other areas of the body. According to a study published in Gut, women with endometriosis are almost twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease compared to other females…

View full post on Crohn’s / IBD News From Medical . . . → Read More: Endometriosis Raises Risk OF Inflammatory Bowel Disease]]> About one in ten women of child-bearing age suffers from endometriosis, a fairly common condition in which cells from the lining of the uterus grow in other areas of the body. According to a study published in Gut, women with endometriosis are almost twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease compared to other females…

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