Crohn’s disease affects the entire thickness of the bowel wall. It can affect the small intestine. Because the small intestine is more narrow, Crohn’s strictures can lead to obstruction.

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Crohn's disease is part of a group of conditions known as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). There are five main types of Crohn's disease, each with its own set of symptoms. Doctors define each ...

Smelly farts can also occur when a tumor from colon cancer causes a significant bowel obstruction ... a dense mass of food is dumped into the small intestine at an earlier-than-normal stage ...

Colon cancer develops when tumorous growths form in the large intestine ... only within a small area. This X-ray procedure uses a liquid called barium to provide clearer images of the colon ...

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Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China Background: Intestinal ischemia ... gross anatomical changes in the intestine. 2.4 RNA ...