CROHN’S DISEASE

What is Crohn’s disease?

Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of your digestive tract; this is a life-long condition that cannot be cured.

Inflammation caused by Crohn's disease can involve different areas of the digestive tract in different people. This inflammation often spreads into the deeper layers of the bowel.

It can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, from the mouth to the anus.

The disease primarily involves the intestinal system, but it also has a variety of other manifestations and can affect the skin, joints, bones, eyes, kidney, and liver.

Symptoms of Crohn’s disease can include intestinal ulcers, discomfort, and pain.

Although it typically starts in childhood or early adulthood, it can develop at any age.

Causes

The cause of Crohn's disease is unknown. Researchers think that an autoimmune reaction may be one cause. 

• An autoimmune reaction happens when your immune system attacks healthy cells in your body. 

• Genetics may also play a role, since Crohn's disease can run in families.

• Stress and eating certain foods don't cause the disease, but they can make your symptoms worse.

• Smoking. 

Types

There are five types of Crohn’s disease, based on what part of your digestive tract is affected.

• Ileo-colitis, the most common form of Crohn’s, involves your colon and the last part of your small intestine (called the terminal ileum).

• Crohn’s colitis or granulomatous colitis affects only your colon.

• Gastroduodenal Crohn’s disease is in your stomach and the first part of your small intestine (called the duodenum).

• Ileitis affects your ileum.

• Jejuno-ileitis causes small areas of inflammation in the upper half of your small intestine (called the jejunum).

Symptoms

The symptoms of Crohn's disease can vary, depending where and how severe your inflammation is. The most common symptoms include:

• Diarrhoea

• Cramping and pain in your abdomen

• Weight loss

Some other possible symptoms are:

• Anemia, a condition in which you have fewer red blood cells than normal

• Eye redness or pain

• Fatigue

• Fever

• Joint pain or soreness

• Nausea or loss of appetite

• Skin changes that involve red, tender bumps under the skin

Stress and eating certain foods such as carbonated drinks and high-fibre foods may make some people's symptoms worse.

Homoeopathic treatment for Crohn’s disease

Homoeopathy is one of the most popular holistic systems of medicine. The selection of remedy is based upon the theory of individualization and symptoms similarity by using holistic approach.

This is the only way through which a state of complete health can be regained by removing all the sign and symptoms from which the patient is suffering.

The aim of homeopathy is not only to treat Crohn’s disease symptoms but to remove its underlying cause and individual susceptibility towards the disease. As far as therapeutic medication is concerned, several well-proved medicines are available for Crohn’s disease treatment that can be selected on the basis of cause, condition, sensation and modalities of the complaints.

Commonly indicated Homeopathic remedies:

• Mercurius Corrosivus – This is the remedy for patients in whom blood and shreds of mucus membranes are passed along with the stool. Constant urge to pass stool but only scanty, hot stool of offensive odour is passed. After passing the stool, the urge reappears and the patient gets no satisfaction.

• Terebintha – Bruised soreness. Flatulence. Tympanitis. Profuse mucous stools; watery, green, foetid. Bloody stools. Bleeding from ulcers in the intestine. Bowels were drawn towards spine. Diarrhoea, with tetanic spasms.

• Carcinocinum – Crohn’s disease with family history of cancer. History of grief, domination, abuse. Patient is concentious and creative 

• Natrum mur. – Ill effects of grief, fright and anger; aggravation by consolation. Cutting pain in abdomen and the abdominal ring, burning and stitching pain in the rectum after a copious diarrhoea. Epigastrium swollen and painful. Sudden distension. Tense abdomen worse groins. Pain in abdominal ring on coughing. Colic with nausea, better by passing flatus. Abdominal viscera feels loose and dragging when walking

• Nux vomica – It is useful to those persons who lead a sedentary life, doing much mental work; or to those who remain under stress and strain of prolonged office work, business cares and worries.

The typical Nux. patient is rather thin, spare, quick, active, nervous and irritable. Craves piquant food; beer; fat food, chalk; stimulants. Bruised soreness of abdominal wall. Ineffectual urging for stool.  Strains hard at stools; feeling as if part remained unexpelled; passes small quantity at each attempt. Dysentery; stools ameliorate pains for a time.

• Lycopodium – Mentally active but grows weaker. Loss of self confidence; from anticipation; averse to undertaking new things; yet when he undertakes it he goes through with ease and comfort. Hurried. Much noisy flatulance. Gastro enteritis from fright. Diarrhoea from cold drinks. Continued burning in rectum. 

• Arsenic album, 

• Sulphur, 

• Terbium oxydatum, 

• Pulsatilla, 

• Phosphorous, 

• Butyric acid, 

• Ipecac, 

• Nitric acid, 

• Aloes, 

• China, 

• Kali ars, 

• Kali chlor, 

• Lachesis, 

• Crotalus horridus,

• Elaps, 

• Capsicum, 

• Cantharis, 

• Toxoplasma gondi, 

• Acid muriaticum, 

• Acid sulph, 

• Hammamelis, 

• Ignatia, 

• Staphysagria and many other medicines 

None of these medicines should be taken without professional advice.

For individualized remedy selection and treatment, contact BRAHMA MADHURYA HOMOEOPATHY CLINIC - +91-7057579595 or www.brahmamadhurya.com