What is Chrons & what are my symptoms?

Chrons Disease: What is it?

"Crohn's disease, also known as Crohn syndrome and regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide variety of symptoms. It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody if inflammation is at its worst), vomiting (can be continuous), or weight loss."

What are my symptoms?

For me, my Chron's brings on a bunch of different symptoms and ailments with it. The biggest issue that I have almost non-stop is abdominal pain. The pain is worsened after eating and drinking, and almost never subsides. It is generally located in the lower abdominal area, and to the right side for me.  There have been times where the pain has been so bad that all I could do was curl into a ball and lay on my bed until it eased up enough for me to drive to the ER. 

Another big issue that puts a hold on a lot of daily things for me is extreme fatigue. This may not just be caused from the Chrons, but it is definitely playing a huge part. My fatigue is so bad that it takes a lot for me to just get up and go to the store. When I first got diagnosed with Chrons back in 2011, I ended up having to quit my jobs, and withdraw from school, because I couldn't get out of bed, and I was hurting so bad. As of today, I still have not been able to resume my normal lifestyle.

Aside from the fatigue and abdominal pain, the only other more minor issue I have is occasional constipation/diarrhea.

Hopefully, that will be all of the symptoms that I will have to deal with for awhile!

I will make another post about what medicines I am currently on, as well as the medicines that I have used thus far!