The Chrone disease is a chronic affection, which has remissions that could last for a life time. The severity of this affection varies from one patient to another. Some patients have quite light symptoms, while other patients have grave symptoms and complications. In rare cases, the Chrone’s disease symptoms can evolve and cause decease.



The Chrone disease diagnosis is realized taking into consideration the anamnesis and the general examination at the hospital. This diagnosis is later confirmed by the intestinal biopsy.

The Chrone disease can sometimes be difficult to diagnose. The first signs of the disease can be unspecific and can cause pain in the joints, followed by extreme fatigue. In some cases, the diagnosis is confirmed years later, after the disease already installed, because The Chrone’s disease symptoms appear progressively and in the early stages are not very serious. In time, there will appear lesions of the intestine, resulted from the chronic inflammation of the small intestine and these lesions can lead to ulcer.

The colon and anus can be examined by having a colonoscopy. This method consists of introducing a long and flexible device in the anus, which is surrounded by optic fibers and which is connected to a monitor capable of illustrating images from inside the small intestine.

Colonoscopy is a very efficient method because it can examine the entire colon. This method permits the doctors to do a biopsy which is necessary in order to confirm the diagnosis for Chrone’s disease. The corresponding exams include CT and RMN.

A lab exam of the stool is also necessary in order to identify the pathologic products at the level of the intestine, like blood, blood cells, infections, pus, bacteria or some parasites. The syndrome of the irritable colon is a functional affection and has less serious symptoms than the Chrone disease. Some of the common Chrone’s disease symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss, poor appetite, fever, night sweats, rectal pain and rectal bleeding.

The different sub- types of Chrone’s disease and their symptoms are: Chrone’s colitis, which is an inflammation confined to the colon. Some of the symptoms are abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. Chrone’s enteritis is an inflammation confined to the small intestine Obstruction of the small intestine also can take place. Chrone’s terminal ileitis is an inflammation that affects only the end of the small intestine- the part of the small intestine which is closest to the colon.

Chrone’s entero-colitis and ileo-colitis are terms which describe an inflammation that involve both the small intestine and the colon. Some of the symptoms are bloody diarrhea or abdominal pain. Chrone’s terminal ileitis and ileo-colitis are the most common types of Crohne's disease. Up to one third of patients with Chrone’s disease may have one or more of the following conditions: swelling of the tissue of the anal sphincter, development of ulcers and fissures, development of anal fistulae or development of peri-rectal abscesses.