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Overview
Treatment of Crohn's disease depends on its severity and the extent of gastrointestinal tract involvement. The aims of treatment are to achieve remission of symptoms, to suppress active inflammatory disease, to conserve the bowels, and to maintain remission. Surgery is generally reserved for managing serious complications, such as fistulas, abscesses, or bowel obstructions that may occur as the walls of the intestines narrow from scar tissue after years of inflammation.
Generally, with proper medications, symptoms resolve in the first few days or weeks. If symptoms persist, physicians often suspect bowel obstruction, abscess, or an error in diagnosis.
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