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While the exact cause of Crohn's disease is unknown, the condition is linked to a problem with the body's immune system response.Normally, the immune system helps protect the body, but with Crohn's disease the immune system can't tell the differen...
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During colonoscopy, a doctor passes a flexible tube with a tiny, fiber-optic camera device(an endoscope) through the rectum and into the colon. The doctor can then carefully examine the lining of the intestine for signs of inflammation and ulcerat...
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No infectious agent has been positively identified as the cause of Crohn's disease. Some researchers have theorized that a certain bacterium may have originally been responsible for triggering the immune system, resulting in the abnormal activatio...
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No infectious agent(virus, bacteria, or fungi) has been identified as the cause of Crohn's disease. Still, some researchers have theorized that some type of infection may have originally been responsible for triggering the immune system, resulting...
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