Crohn's Disease

Crohn's Disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that effects both men and women equally.Crohn's disease is diffulcult to diagnose because it is very similar to other intestinal disorders. Crohn's disease causes inflammation of the digestive tract, and can affect from your mouth all the way to the anus. The most commonly affected area though, is the lower part of the small intestines called the ileum. Many theories of what causes Crohn's disease are out there and many lead to the body's immune system. Many say that the immune system reacts abnormally and mistake foods and other things as being foreign in the body so the immune system tries attacking them all away. Scientists do not know if the abnormality of the immune system is the cause or effect of Crohn's disease.
SYMPTOMS:

Crampy abdominal pain
Fever
Fatigue
Persistent, watery diarrhea
Abdominal fullness and gas
Clotting Problems
Constipation
Joint Pain
Liver inflammation
Fistulas
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Rectal bleeding and bloody stool

SOURCES:

http://www.walgreens.com/marketing/library/graphics/images/en/19219.jpg
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/crohns/
https://www.google.com/health/ref/Crohn