Symptoms
What are the Symptoms?
Everyone experiences Crohn's disease (CD) differently. People may have some symptoms more often than others. Or they may not experience certain symptoms at all. Below is a list of CD symptoms.
CD can cause:
- Diarrhea
- Abdominal pain
- Fever
- Rectal bleeding
- Weight loss
- Abscesses (a localized infection)
- Fistulas (abnormal tube connecting 2 hollow organs, for instance the vagina and colon)
- Intestinal obstructions (an object blocking the normal flow of traffic in your intestines)
Are there any complications?
In nearly one third of people, CD may be associated with additional symptoms such as:
- Joint Inflammation
- Skin Inflammation
- Eye Inflammation
