Is Chrohn's Disease inherited? Is pregnancy safe? Posted: 04-15-07 03:02am
I have actually 2 questions to you.
The first one is: I have strong pain in my
lower left side of my belly prior to my
daily bowel movement for the last few
months. Is that normal?
And mysecond and mybe more important
question is:
I am 26, married, but have no children
yet, because of my Chron's. I am afraid to
get pregnant. We would like to have
children soon and we want them so
badly...but I would like to have healthy
children.Is it safe to get pregnant with
Chron's disease and what are the
conditions?What should I do to have a
healthy baby? Is he going to born with
Chron's disease also?How many children do
you think I could have with my sickness?
I would like to have your oppinion on
this. Please help.
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Pregnancy Answer A2639 Posted: 04-24-07 04:59am
Experiencing strong pain in the abdomen is
not normal... we can't be sure about the
reason you are experiencing this symptom.
Certainly, Crohn’s disease can cause
abdominal pain. Crohn’s disease is a
chronic intestinal autoimmune inflammatory
disease with an unknown etiology, or
cause. However, you might want to request
diagnostic exams to correctly diagnose the
symptom before assuming the cause to be
Chrohn's. Further, the disease’s
severity can vary over time. With
medications, Chrohn’s disease can be put
under control.
Women with Crohn’s disease can conceive
and deliver healthy children. Children do
not receive Crohn’s disease directly
from their parents. They only inherit the
genes responsible for the development of
Crohn’s disease. If the child inherits
the gene (called NOD2) , however, it
doesn’t mean that disease will occur for
sure. It is believed that there are also
some environmental factors that can
provoke Crohn’s disease. Infection with
the bacteria Mycobacterium avium
paratuberculosis(MAP), for example, one
environmental factor that triggers the
developments of Crohn’s disease.
Women with active Crohn’s disease should
wait to conceive until they are in
remission from the disease. They can stop
taking medicines for the disease during
pregnancy (if Chrohn's is in remission)...
but only after consultation with their
doctor. If the disease flares-up during
pregnancy and a woman is forced to take
medicines for Crohn’s disease
(corticosteroids and sulphasalasine),
there is a very low risk for fetal damage
due to medications.
You should consult your doctor before
trying to conceive or if you are already
pregnant.
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