Crohns Disease

The scientists with the same name discovered Crohn’s disease in 1932 and it is an inflammatory disease that occurs in the intestines but also anywhere in the entire digestive tract starting from the mouth to the anus. Crohn’s disease is also known as colitis, ileitis or regional enteritis.

What Your Doctor Knows About Crohn’s

Crohn’s disease was named after Dr. Burril B. Crohn who discovered the disease in 1932 along with his two other colleagues Dr. Leon Ginzburg and Dr. Gordon D. Oppenheimer. Crohn’s disease belongs to the group of illnesses called Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Although patients who have this type of disease may suffer severe discomfort at times, prolonged remission of the disease is common that there are many patients who are able to live normal lives.