What is Crohn’s Disease?Crohn’s disease is difficult to live with, especially during a flare-up. Flare-ups can strike at any time regardless of how long symptoms have been in remission. Knowing the signs of a flare-up can help you prepare for them. The more prepared you are, the faster you can begin treatment for the flare-up and get your Crohn’s disease back into remission as soon as possible.


This is often the number one symptom of a flare-up. People with Crohn’s disease experience diarrhea because the inflamed cells of the intestine secrete large amounts of salt and water. The colon is unable to fully absorb all the excess fluid, which causes diarrhea. The intestinal cramping that is also a sign of a flare-up can contribute to loose stools. The stools may contain dark red blood and a small amount of mucus.

Abdominal Pain

This is another frequent flare-up signal. Usually the pain occurs in the lower right quadrant or just below the navel. Most cases of this disease occur in the terminal ileum, where the small and large intestines meet. The pain from Crohn’s disease can be achy, cramp-like or sharp and usually depends on the location of the inflammation. In severe flare-ups, it can be accompanied nausea and vomiting. The pain may lessen or disappear after a bowel movement.


Because Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory disease, a fever is also a common flare-up symptom. A fever during flare-ups may be high, especially during acute flare-ups, or a constant low-grade one. It may recur in the day and break during sleep, causing night sweats. Fatigue or irritability may occur with either type of fever.

Other symptoms of a flare-up that are not as common include skin lesions, mouth ulcers, joint pain, redness and irritation of the eyes, and reduced appetite. These symptoms may occur in conjunction with abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever; however, they can also appear weeks or even months before any major flare-up symptoms occur.

A good way to help Crohn’s disease or any other digestive disorder stay in remission is by eating natural, unprocessed foods as much as possible together with a food combining diet. Food combining is an easy, healthy system that involves eating foods in specific combinations to prevent the stomach from being overworked. When it is too difficult for your stomach to digest your meal because you have eaten bad combinations of foods, it will produce acids and enzymes that don’t belong together. The result of this is an upset stomach, gas, pain or diarrhea.

Food combining eliminates all of that, so that your food processes smoothly and quickly. Your bowels don’t cramp and your food passes through easily and painlessly as it was meant to. Food combining is good for both adults and children. If you’re tired of having painful flare-ups from Crohn’s disease, try food combining to see for yourself how it can have a positive effect on your quality of life.




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