http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/what-is-crohns-disease Health news and information for families Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:38:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/what-is-crohns-disease/comment-page-1#comment-109 » Crohn’s Disease: Causes Are Not Well Understood Topica Articles Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:56:47 +0000 http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/what-is-crohns-disease#comment-109 [...] Crohn’s disease isn’t at all contagious, and it isn’t really well understood what causes it.  The immune system is a very complicated thing, and we have only a very limited understanding of it.  Genetics, stress, and viruses are all commonly thought to cause autoimmune disorders like Crohn’s disease, but there isn’t any really strong connection to anything.  Crohn’s disease does seem to run in families. [...] [...] Crohn’s disease isn’t at all contagious, and it isn’t really well understood what causes it.  The immune system is a very complicated thing, and we have only a very limited understanding of it.  Genetics, stress, and viruses are all commonly thought to cause autoimmune disorders like Crohn’s disease, but there isn’t any really strong connection to anything.  Crohn’s disease does seem to run in families. [...]

]]> http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/what-is-crohns-disease/comment-page-1#comment-108 Chrohn’s Disease: An Autoimmune Disorder | Health, Fitness, Wellness and Beauty Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:14:44 +0000 http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/what-is-crohns-disease#comment-108 [...] Crohn’s disease is a progressive disease of the gastro-intestinal tract that is considered an autoimmune disorder. It’s related to ulcerative colitis in that they both involve heavy inflammation of the GI tract, but where ulcerative colitis always targets the colon, Crohn’s disease can target any part of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus. [...] [...] Crohn’s disease is a progressive disease of the gastro-intestinal tract that is considered an autoimmune disorder. It’s related to ulcerative colitis in that they both involve heavy inflammation of the GI tract, but where ulcerative colitis always targets the colon, Crohn’s disease can target any part of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus. [...]

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