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Crohn's Disease: A Case Study

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How would you feel if one day a doctor said you can not have your favorite food in the world or else it will be bad? As soon as my boyfriend of four years realized he had Crohn's Disease, that became his reality. What would be a normal date going out to his favorite restaurant and getting his favorite food turned to a stomach ache filled nightmare. It all started in the beginning of 2015 when he was having constant stomach pains that only cleared up if he didn’t eat. As his stomach aches grew worse and his health was declining he decided to go to the doctor to have numerous tests done which made it clear to the doctors that he did in fact had a minor case of Crohn’s Disease and would have to have major dietary restrictions. I could see part …show more content…

If Austin ingests any gluten or dairy his stomach starts feeling like it is on fire and that could last anywhere from an hour to two days; he has even had a stomach ache so bad he cannot move and then I have to help him do everything. Every once in awhile he will cave in and decided the pain is worth a little bit of gluten or dairy. His family at first was supportive and got gluten-free everything and dairy free foods but as the time went by, they got whatever they felt like eating gluten or not, not what they thought would be a good choice for Austin. Most nights his mom decides it is a good night for pizza or subs, which he is not supposed to have. I still to this day have to go and buy my boyfriend food that won’t upset his stomach just because his family is selfish and will not do it for him. Another downside to my boyfriend having Crohn’s Disease besides him not getting to enjoy his favorite food is that he is losing shocking amounts of weight. When I first met Austin four years ago he was around 200 pounds, when he was weighed at the doctors the day he found out he had Crohn’s he weighed 130 pounds. He lost 70 pounds in just a span of a few months which is never good. Losing that much weight made him super tired and

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