Crohn’s Disease – Symptoms and Treatment

Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract. The
disease is also called granulomatous enteritis, colitis, regional enteritis,
regional ileitis, ileitis, or terminal ileitis and it causes ulcerations of the
small and large intestine. The disease can affect the digestive system anywhere
from the mouth to the anus, but distinctively affects the terminal ileum as well
as demarcated areas of large bowel. The disease is named after the American
physician, Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884