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Crohn's disease: symptoms, care
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Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammation of the digestive tract that comes with symptoms like abdominal pain and diarrhea. Alongside medication, proper care plays a crucial role. With a butt shower, you clean the anal area without rubbing – something many people find more comfortable when the skin is irritated. If you have frequent bowel movements, water instead of paper can be gentler on the skin around the anus. It won't change the disease itself.
What Is Crohn's Disease?
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect the entire digestive tract – though it most commonly occurs where the small intestine meets the large intestine.
Typical symptoms of Crohn's disease include:
- persistent abdominal pain
- diarrhea
- fatigue
- weight loss
The condition often comes in flare-ups and can significantly affect quality of life.
Causes and Treatment Options
The exact causes of Crohn's disease are still not fully understood. It's thought to involve a combination of genetic factors, environmental factors, and a misdirected immune response.
Treatment for Crohn's disease depends on how severe the symptoms are. Your treating gastroenterologist determines the course of treatment; depending on how the disease progresses, various anti-inflammatory medications may be an option. In particularly severe cases, surgery may be necessary to remove damaged sections of the bowel.
Butt Shower & Toilet Stool in Everyday Life
If you have frequent bowel movements, water instead of paper can be gentler on the skin around your anus. It won't change anything about the condition itself. A butt shower offers an especially gentle way to clean the anal area without further irritating sensitive skin through friction from toilet paper. Inflammation, pain, pus, or blood at the anus belongs in a doctor's hands.
Another helpful tool is the toilet stool, which allows for a natural squatting position on the toilet. A toilet stool can reduce straining. Whether it helps with Crohn's disease depends on your specific symptoms – when in doubt, ask your gastroenterologist.
"Caring for your butt and for anal wounds is made much easier with a butt shower, because a butt shower makes it far simpler to clean inflamed skin."
- Dr. Daniel Sterzing, Proctology Center Berlin.
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