Crohn’s disease, intestinal tract pathology
Crohn’s disease is a pathology that is related to inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract whose ethiopathogenesis is unknown, it is autoimmunological in nature. The clinical manifestations of Crohn’s disease have exacerbated periods, inflammation as such can cause important complications at the level of the gastrointestinal tract, some of these can be: obstructions, stenosis, fistulas, abscesses, rectal bleeding and neoplasms. Its ethiopathogenesis is unknown but can be associated with genetic and environmental factors, such as: the increase in intestinal permeability and the detail of bacteria, this causes injuries at the level of the gastrointestinal tract.
In an investigation carried out in Spain, based on the life experiences of patients suffering from Crohn’s disease in patients over 18 years with a definitive diagnosis, their lifestyles were analyzed as well as the clinical manifestations presented at the time of detect this pathology. At the time of the investigation, the participants were between 15 and 30 years old, for this reason it was determined that it was not a chronic disease. These patients were very young to suffer from a disease, therefore at the beginning the majority ignored the symptoms, in a case, a young man said that at the beginning he began with abdominal pain and defined blood very frequently, I did not tell anyone since He said he was very young to have something serious, after two months his mother realized Ay I force him to go to the doctor. Other young people of this age were scared and desperate since they imagined that they could be pathologies such as cancer or any other mortal pathology.
As for the consequences and monitoring of medical treatment, patients stated that the symptoms of this pathology are not controllable from the moment they appear, and the most uncontrollable of all is the urgency to go to the bathroom. Many have had to put aside activities that they practiced daily such as sport, or simply this causes changes in their work activity. These events lead the patient to a state of despair for not knowing what is happening, and this can make them end in a depressive picture, which is a serious event for a patient since apart from trying to deal with their own disease Physics, they have to deal with their thoughts. Other problems that these patients present are the appearance that causes the pathology itself or the use of drugs used for the treatment of this, patients under the influence of corticosteroids expressed general edema with the presence of hives and strong intestinal noises at all times, which which It was very uncomfortable at work since they were very pronounced and their jobs could hear them.
When trying to associate the disease with the patient’s work and social life, they state that they are restricted to perform many of the activities they would normally perform since they are quite a lot with diarrhea and would be forced to spend hours and hours within the bath quite frequently. Some patients try to live a normal life but the fact that the oldest in the same way are very frequently in diarrhea, which are usually accompanied by blood and mucus. The fact that in their working hours patients spend a lot of time in the bathroom, has caused them to fire them from the places where they work.
The support they receive from their family and friends received very positive comments since they had enough support from their family, friends, and couples, some sought help in their friends who also suffered from this disease since they did not know that they could eat. However, some patients state that at the beginning of this disease and at the time of the diagnosis they did not find sufficient support in the doctors and felt that they did not have the information enough and necessary of their illness since the information provided was very little and this did them to think about in which they did not care about the disease with which they were studying. Patients suffering from Crohn’s disease feel they should receive a specialized consultation in their disease, as well as people with diabetes receive the attention they need. (
In an investigation carried out in Brazil it was determined that the largest number of affected patients were between the age of 26-26 years and were female. A small percentage of the population interviewed (26.9%) I present abdominal pain at the beginning of the disease, 35% do not present diarrhea and 34% do not present weight loss. Abdominal pain only presented in 19% of affected patients, despite being the most frequent symptom of this disease according to the previous article.
As for the social field, half of the interviewees had no problem attending school or work due to problems related to the disease with which they are in. Similarly, some patients stated that they are difficult to practice sports or have fun as they would normally be done since they are forced to spend a lot of time in the bathroom. Many of these patients avoid attending places where there are not many toilets since they have quite in a row and would be uncomfortable to want to use the bathroom and that it is occupied. Some patients even have a decrease in sexual practice because they are interrupted by the urgency of going to the bathroom in full sexual act.
When talking about the mood states produced by suffering chronic disease as Crohn’s disease is, most claimed to feel restless, they were afraid of not finding a bathroom near, some felt depressed for suffering from this disease. Some felt ashamed in their workplace and even felt wanting to cry due to all the social complications they can present for suffering from it.
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