Crohn's disease, rare inflammation that can cause depression

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Basically, mental and physical health are closely related. For example, when you feel nervous not infrequently you feel nauseated even stomach ache. Well, so is the inflammatory bowel disease caused by an autoimmune disorder or so-called Crohn's disease. Quoted from WebMD, studies prove Crohn's disease is closely related to depression. Is it true that prolonged depression can cause inflammatory bowel disease?

What is Crohn's disease?

Crohn's disease is a chronic autoimmune disease causing intestinal inflammation that occurs along the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus. However, this condition is most common in the small intestine (ileum) or colon (colon). The cause is most likely due to the reaction of the immune system and also hereditary factors.

Various symptoms that are usually felt when you suffer from Crohn's disease include:

• Diarrhea
• Fever
• Abdominal pain and cramps
• Bloated
• Injuries to the mouth
• Feces are bloody
• Fatigue
• Missing appetite

People with Crohn's disease are prone to depression

As mentioned earlier, physical and mental health are closely related, including those with Crohn's disease. Poor mental health has a negative effect on Crohn's health.

Known about 60-80 percent of people suffering from Crohn are depressed. If you have Crohn's disease, you will be more likely to get depressed when the disease is active and cause severe symptoms.

This chronic autoimmune disease can also make you depressed because it weakens the body enough and hurts so as to degrade the quality of life. Conversely, Crohn's symptoms also often worsen as you do not control depression.

Reporting from Healthgrades, in the intestine there are trillions of good and bad bacteria that affect the immune system and help regulate mental health. Good bacteria will help the immune system to keep functioning properly. In addition, good bacteria also produce serotonin which is known by the hormone of feeling comfortable and happy.

While the bad bacteria can kill good bacteria to cause the immune system disrupted and encourage the inflammation that became one of the main causes of Crohn's disease and depression.

Some studies also show the number of harmful bacteria in the intestine can increase inflammation that makes people more anxious, stressed, and depressed. Inflammation can also cause Crohn's symptoms worse.

How to control depression when suffering from Crohn's disease?

Maintaining mental health by controlling depression can help relieve symptoms. A happy feeling without stress helps to maintain your physical health. For that, you need to make some effort to control depression such as:

• Looking for friends to talk like family, spouse or best friend to listen to your complaints.
• Join a group of people with Crohn to exchange stories and experiences and make sure you are not alone.
• Take antidepressants that your doctor prescribes to help stabilize your mood.
• Do whatever you like as an antidote when you feel stressed out about your condition.
• Consumption of foods containing good bacteria (probiotics) to reduce inflammation that can relieve symptoms.
• Ask for expert help to get appropriate therapy in an effort to reduce depression.

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