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Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition. Inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease can involve different areas of the digestive tract in different people.

The inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease often spreads deep into the layers of affected bowel tissue. Crohn’s disease can be both painful and debilitating, and sometimes may lead to life-threatening complications.

While there’s no known cure for Crohn’s disease, therapies can greatly reduce its signs and symptoms and even bring about long-term remission. With treatment, many people with Crohn’s disease are able to function well.

03 Sep 2024

By Ronny Allan

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Not every illness is visible

Awareness, Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, SurvivorshipBowel surgery, Chemotherapy, Crohn's Disease, Diarrhea, Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Invisible illness, Radiotherapy, Stomach cramp, Surgery, Ulcerative colitis

I personally don't see myself as 'disabled' but I do have an invisible illness. I can see it and I don't necessarily care if others don't. I'm fit, can walk for miles, I even look quite healthy. However, I live with the consequences of Neuroendocrine Cancer. These consequences differ from person to person but I know that some people with this disease have even met the criteria to be officially classed as 'disabled' through government schemes. Judging by what I read, I have less debilitating issues than others, so I feel quite fortunate. That's not to say I don't have any issues at all - because I do!…

05 Dec 2021

By Ronny Allan

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Neuroendocrine Cancer Diarrhea- building the jigsaw: Bile Acid Malabsorption

Diet and Nutrition, Patient Advocacy, Treatment75Se-homocholic acid taurine (75SeHCAT), Bile acid diarrhea, Bile acid malabsorption, Bile salt, Bowel surgery, Cholecystectomy, Crohn's Disease, Digestive enzymes, Fecal bile acid test, Gallbladder, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Pancreatic insufficiency, Serum 7αC4 test, Small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), Small intestine NET (SI NET)

Before progressing, I wanted to emphasise this is not necessarily the same type of malabsorption caused by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) which can potentially lead to something known as steatorrhea (amongst other things) but it can produce the same effect. Steatorrhea is different from bile acid issues and is more related to fatty acids. But it's another piece of the diarrhea jigsaw. Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM) and Bile Acid Diarrhea (BAD) Post-surgical diarrhea is probably something to expect in the early days and after time, adjustments can be made to cater for these side effects. With NETs, particularly where there…