In patients with milder Crohn's disease, current guidelines recommend close monitoring while treating symptoms. This includes making dietary changes and using anti-diarrheal medications to help control diarrhea associated with Crohn's disease.

The product Lactaid is an enzyme supplement used in people who have difficulty digesting milk and other dairy products (who are lactose intolerant).

Crohn's disease is a nonspecific inflammatory disease that affects the small intestine, large intestine, and can even affect any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the colon and the anus. The disease is familial, usually in children.

“Laparoscopic small bowel resection” refers to the surgical technique of removing an abnormal or diseased portion of the intestine (small intestine) and then restoring the digestive tract by laparoscopic abdominal surgery.

Mesenteric lymphadenitis is an inflammation of the lymph nodes in the mesentery of the intestine. Mesenteric lymphadenitis in young children is quite common, with symptoms of abdominal pain and high fever. In general, however, mesenteric lymphadenitis rarely causes serious complications.

It is difficult to diagnose mesenteric lymphadenitis because the symptoms are often nonspecific and the lymph nodes are located deep in the abdomen. Usually no treatment for mesenteric lymphadenitis is needed because the disease usually improves within a few days and is almost completely resolved within 2 weeks.

Gastrointestinal bleeding is a dangerous condition that can be life-threatening if not detected and treated promptly. Gastrointestinal bleeding is divided into upper gastrointestinal bleeding and lower gastrointestinal bleeding, of which the upper gastrointestinal bleeding is more common.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that results from an excessive and prolonged immune response in the gastrointestinal mucosa to a certain antigen (food/bacteria). ...) on a particularly susceptible genetic basis, this is a disease with a period of remission and recurrence, which can "last a lifetime", the cause and "pathogenesis" are unknown but related. to immunity.

Currently, the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease is still challenging, the diagnostic guidelines are updated regularly, requiring patient compliance, because this is a chronic, relapsing disease.

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Small bowel resection (usually more than 2⁄3 of the length of the small intestine) reduces absorption causing short bowel syndrome. Symptoms vary from patient to patient depending on the length and function of the remaining small intestine, but diarrhea can be severe and malnutrition is common.