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<p>I'm running the Marathon de Paris in April 2011 and hoping to raise some money for the NACC. Fortunately I'm not a sufferer of Crohn's but my close friend Paul is and so this is a charity which is close to my heart. Furthermore...</p>
<p class="T11black"><strong>Crohn's Disease</strong></p>
<p class="T11Bblack">It affects approximately 60,000 people in the UK, that’s about 1 in 1000</p>
<p class="T11Bblack">Between 3,000 and 6,000 new cases are diagnosed each year</p>
<p class="T11Bblack">Research shows that the number of people with Crohn’s Disease has been rising steadily, particularly among young people.</p>
<p>Common symptoms of Crohn’s:</p>
<ul>
<li>Intestinal bleeding </li>
<li>Intestinal ulceration </li>
<li>Inflammation </li>
<li>Nausea </li>
<li>Vomiting </li>
<li>Diarrhoea </li>
<li>Abdominal pain </li>
<li>Fever </li>
<li>Chronic fatigue </li>
</ul>
<p>That’s just for starters. Once the disease really gets going, these are <strong>some</strong> of the things the patient can look forward to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Bowel obstructions </li>
<li>Abscesses </li>
<li>Necrotic tissue </li>
<li>Ruptured intestines </li>
<li>Fistulas (a tunnel between one organ and another, including the skin) </li>
<li>Septicaemia </li>
</ul>
<p>There are <strong>over 100</strong> ailments associated with Crohn’s such as osteoporosis, arthritis, cancer, mouth and eye inflammation, gallstones and erythema nodosum (painful inflammation / ulceration of the skin).</p>
<p class="T11Bblack">All sounds horrendous to me...</p>
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