Does anyone know of a child or an adult with Crohns disease with Lyme disease?
Tagged As: Pediatric Crohns Disease Question: Does anyone know of a child or an adult with Crohn’s disease with Lyme disease? Or having been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when it was Lyme all along? Crohn’s disease is a long-term bowel disease with inflammation. The cause is unknown. It most often affects the lower part of the small intestine (ileum), the main part of the large intestine (colon) or both structures. Also called regional enteritis, its symptoms include many attacks of diarrhea, severe stomach pain, nausea, fever, ch8ills, weakness, and appetite and weight loss.Children with the disease often have slowed growth. The diagnosis of Crohn’s disease is based on symptoms, x-ray studies and a special test (endoscopy). The disease is easily confused with ulcerative colitis. Steroid drugs and antibiotics are used to control symptoms.(from the Signet/Mosby Med. encylopedia) Answer: What an interest question you have raised in my mind…When Rebekah got lyme disease she was living
