Crohn's disease risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Risk Factors
Although the cause of Crohn's disease is not known, it is believed to be an autoimmune disease that is genetically linked. The highest relative risk occurs in siblings, affecting males and females equally. Smokers are three times more likely to get Crohn's disease.
Unlike the other major type of IBD, ulcerative colitis, there is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease.[1] Instead, a number of medical treatments are utilized with the goal of putting and keeping the disease in remission. These include 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) formulations (Pentasa capsules, Asacol tablets, Lialda tablets, Rowasa retention enemas), steroid medications, immunomodulators (such as azathioprine, mercaptopurine (6-MP), and methotrexate), and newer biological medications, such as infliximab (Remicade) and adalimumab (Humira).[2]Also in January 2008 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new biologic known as natalizumab (Tysabri) for both induction of remission and maintenance of remission in moderate and severe Crohns Disease.
References
- ↑ Al-Ataie, M Bashar (2005-10-04). "Ulcerative colitis". eMedicine. Retrieved 2006-07-02. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ Podolsky, Daniel K. (2002). "Inflammatory bowel disease". New England Journal of Medicine. 346 (6): 417–29. PMID 12167685. Retrieved 2006-07-02. Unknown parameter
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