Because of the nature of Crohns disease it may stay in remission long enough to serve out your hitch but don't count on it. Crohns can flare up anytime and stress is a big factor. Army doctors will have access to the latest meds used to control the symptoms but it is not curable. You will want to know where every latrine is during a flare up and it will disrupt your daily routines at the most inappropriate times.
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Like any military service, it will depend on the severity of your Crohns disease, how well you are responding to treatment and the number of flare ups you have experienced.
Your military medical would not likely include a test for Crohns but access to your prior medical files is part of the army recruitment process, so withholding the information will not work. Be up front with the medic staff, and decide for yourself if your active disease will limit the types of duties you will be able to perform once your basic training has been complete.
It would depend on the severity and symptoms of your Crohns disease.
A diagnosis of Crohns would not necessarily be cause for immediate mustering out. Crohns disease can be managed with proper medication in many cases and each individual case is judged on how the disease effects performance of duty.
Your military doctors will advise on your specific needs.
yes you can have Crohn's Disease if you are in the Marines.. as long as you get it treated..but you would have to be very careful of what you eat or you won't live long.
Because Crohns disease has not been fully researched as to the causes, it cannot be prevented. Once diagnosed, the disease can be managed but never cured.
Yes, dogs are diagnosed with this intestinal disease and are often treated with anti-inflammatory medications.
Crohns disease has not yet been proven to be genetics. People develop Crohns with no family history or having any sort of digestive system issues. The belief that Crohns disease exists is because of today's medical advancement. Peoples immune systems are not as strong as they once were because of immunisation shots and such, this disease is on the UP and more and more people are being diagnosed. So it is hard to say what chances are of your offspring acquiring the disease.
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In most cases yes. Crohns disease patients find it very difficult to get standard and affordable health/life insurance. Premiums for diagnosed patients when available tend to be very high.
Absolutely yes it can. Left untreated Crohns can be life threatening. Even when diagnosed and under a physicians care, a severe flare up can become uncontrollable and require hospitalization.
Some of the complications of untreated Crohns disease are malnutrition and dehydration. Anemia from blood loss. Sepsis from infection. Complete blockage of the bowel. Crohns is a dangerous disease. Managable when treated but often ignored as recurring flu symptoms and diagnosed late.
There is only one type of Crohns disease. Crohns disease can manifest anywhere in the digestive tract but it is the same disease no matter where it appears.
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Yes. Many Crohns sufferers prior to being diagnosed with the disease will have had a diagnosis of appendicitis and many patients will have that organ removed. Severe appendicitis has similar symptoms to a Crohns flare up.
Crohns disease is a disease belonging to a much larger group of inflammatory bowel diseases called irritable bowel disease. Crohns is named after an American gastroenterologist, Dr. Burrill B. Crohn. The disease was initially known as a medical entity when it was referred to by Doctors Crohn, Ginzburg, and Gordon D. Oppenheimer in 1932. The first recorded description of this condition prior to Crohns studies were made by an Italian physician Giovanni Battista Morgagni in 1769, when he diagnosed a young man with a chronic, debilitating painful illness and uncontrolled diarrhea.
There is no know cause of Crohns disease at this time. Research is ongoing as to the causes of Crohns disease.