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Crohn Disease FAQs (cont.)

Who Gets Crohn's Disease?

Anyone can get Crohn's disease. Crohn's disease affects all ages and all social and ethnic groups. Crohn's disease most often strikes young adults aged 15-30 years, but it can also appear in young children, middle-aged, and elderly people.



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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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