\n"; ?> \n"; ?> \n"; ?> Comprehensive guide to health for Irish users. Crohn's Online Q&As http://www.irishhealth.com Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:11:17 +0100 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:11:17 +0100 2007 Health http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/logo_for_podcast_homepage.jpg http://www.irishhealth.com http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_01.mp3 Podcasts Crohn's disease is a disease that belongs to a family of conditions called inflamatory bowel diseases. The major ones are ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_02.mp3 Podcasts It is a very recent diagnosis. The condition itself was first described in 1949 so that people's knowledge of Crohn's disease, because it is such a recent disease, is often quite lacking... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_03.mp3 Podcasts Nowadays travel is much more popular and this disease affects the age group form 20 to 40. So they are more than likely to travel... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_04.mp3 Podcasts The peak of this disease is between 20 and 40. So in this age group people would consider becoming pregnant or avoiding pregnancy... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_05.mp3 Podcasts The disease can affect any age group, although the peak is between 20 and 40. But young children can be affected too, as young as one up into their teens... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_06.mp3 Podcasts Treatments for this condition depends on how active the diesease is. If it is very active, they need stronger medication, if it is mild, mild medication... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_07.mp3 Podcasts Psychological factors have been implicated as the cause of this condition. And the reason for that is that it affects people between the ages of 20 and 40... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_08.mp3 Podcasts The disease is common. They are not the only ones, indeed some of their relatives have the condition. 30% of them have a family history... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_09.mp3 Podcasts Complications of Crohn's disease - the symptoms are usually confined to the gastrointernal tract. But some patients do have complications affecting other parts of the body... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/crohns/video.html http://www.irishhealth.com/podcast/crohns_10.mp3 Podcasts To me Crohn's disease is a challenge. It is a challenge to the patient because this is new territory for them... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0100