Crohn’s Disease Resources

Since the author’s battle with Crohn’s Disease is a major factor in this blog, we direct you to these great sites for understanding the disease.

• The Great Bowel Movement. This bowel disease awareness group gives people the chance to tell their stories and kill the stigma around an illness that leaves many victims too embarrassed to open up.
• Crohn’s Online. This site hooks you up with your own patient advocate and offers plenty of resource material.
• Mayo Clinic. The world-famous medical institution has an excellent resource page for understanding Crohn’s Disease and finding the best treatment.
• MedicineNet.com. This site has slideshows and quizzes to help you distinguish Crohn’s from other, less serious digestive ailments. This is particularly useful page, since this disease is very easily confused for other ailments.
• WebMD. WebMD is goldmine of information on every conceivable medical condition, and the section on Crohn’s Disease is certainly part of that. The site walks you through symptoms, medications, dietary changes and visual guides.
• eMedicineHealth. Here you’ll find literature, slideshows and other information to help you understand the disease.
• Medical News Today. This site compiles all the latest news articles on the disease, including new findings and treatments in the works.
• Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. The foundation is an excellent resource for information on and support.
• UC and Crohn’s. This is a great site for teens struggling with the disease. The author wishes he had such a resource back in the 1980s.
• GrowingUpIBD. This site is loaded with personal stories from those who suffer from Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD).
• Crohn’s Disease Web Site. Here you’ll find useful patient-driven/personal experiences.
• Reach Out for Youth. This site aims to help families cope with Crohn’s, colitis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).