Crohn Disease FAQs (cont.)
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Kathryn L Hale, MS, PA-C
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Sandeep Mukherjee, MD, MB, BCh
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Simmy Bank, MD, MB, ChB
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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
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BS Anand, MD
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If I Have Surgery, Will I Have To Wear a "Bag"?People who have part of their bowel removed rarely require an ostomy. In cases in which an ostomy is required, because the remaining bowel is so much shorter than the normal bowel, it is attached to an opening in the lower abdomen called a stoma. Feces are no longer passed from the body through the rectum and anus, but through this stoma. An "ostomy bag" is worn on the outside of the body to collect the waste. The ostomy often is called by which part of the bowel is attached, such as colostomy or ileostomy. Usually, only a resection is performed, without a bag. |
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Crohn disease is an idiopathic, chronic, transmural inflammatory process of the bowel that often leads to fibrosis and obstructive symptoms, which can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from the mouth to the anus.
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