Cure Research for Crohn's disease
Cure Research list for Crohn's disease:
The list of research areas and treatments under analysis mentioned
in various sources for Crohn's disease
includes:
Medications currently used in research into the treatment of Crohn's disease:
Note:You must always seek professional medical advice about any treatment
or change in treatment plans.
Some of the different medications being used in the research into treatment of Crohn's disease include:
Curable Types of Crohn's disease
Possibly curable or rare types of Crohn's disease include:
Rare Types of Crohn's disease:
Some rare types of Crohn's disease include:
- Crohn's disease of oral cavity
- Crohn's disease of the hypopharynx
- SLE associated with Crohn's disease
- more rare types...»
Latest Treatments for Crohn's disease
Some of the more recent treatments for Crohn's disease include:
Treatments for Crohn's disease
Treatments to consider for Crohn's disease may include:
Medical Research Breakthroughs and Crohn's disease
Tysabri used in Crohn's disease: Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease affecting both men
and women. This disease has no cure but only the symptoms can be relieved with
medications .Left untreated the disease may progress to complications like
formation of fistulae or abnormal connections from the intestine to the skin
and other internal organs. The cause is not known. The symptoms of Crohn's
disease include diarrhoea, fever, bleeding of the rectum, malnutrition,
narrowing of the intestinal tract, obstructions, abscesses, cramping, and
abdominal pain.
Tysabri (natalizumab) was used earlier in treatment of relapse of multiple
sclerosis. Tysabri has been used in patients with evidence of inflammation who
have had an inadequate response to, or are unable to tolerate, conventional
Crohn's disease therapies. It also causes serious side effects like progressive
multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a serious viral infection affecting the
brain, headache, fatigue, infusion reactions, urinary tract infections, joint
and limb pain, and rash. The drug has to be used intravenously under the
supervision of CD-TOUCH prescribing program to avoid the risk factors following
the treatment.
Cure Research discussion for Crohn's disease:
Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology (Excerpt)
Because some of the genetic factors involved in Crohn's disease may also contribute to ulcerative colitis susceptibility, research into Crohn's disease may assist in further understanding both types of IBD.
(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
Crohn's Disease: NIDDK (Excerpt)
Researchers continue to look for more effective
treatments. Examples of investigational treatments include
Anti-TNF. Research has shown that cells affected by Crohn's
disease contain a cytokine, a protein produced by the immune system,
called tumor necrosis factor (TNF). TNF may be responsible for the
inflammation of Crohn's disease. Anti-TNF is a substance that finds TNF in
the bloodstream, binds to it, and removes it before it can reach the
intestines and cause inflammation. In studies, anti-TNF seems particularly
helpful in closing fistulas.
Interleukin 10. Interleukin 10 (IL-10) is a cytokine that
suppresses inflammation. Researchers are now studying the effectiveness of
synthetic IL-10 in treating Crohn's disease.
Antibiotics. Antibiotics are now used to treat the bacterial
infections that often accompany Crohn's disease, but some research
suggests that they might also be useful as a primary treatment for active
Crohn's disease.
Budesonide. Researchers recently identified a new
corticosteroid called budesonide that appears to be as effective as other
corticosteroids but causes fewer side effects.
Methotrexate and cyclosporine. These are immunosuppressive
drugs that may be useful in treating Crohn's disease. One potential
benefit of methotrexate and cyclosporine is that they appear to work
faster than traditional immunosuppressive drugs.
Zinc. Free radicals--molecules produced during fat metabolism,
stress, and infection, among other things--may contribute to inflammation
in Crohn's disease. Free radicals sometimes cause cell damage when they
interact with other molecules in the body. The mineral zinc removes free
radicals from the bloodstream. Studies are under way to determine whether
zinc supplementation might reduce inflammation.
(Source: excerpt from Crohn's Disease: NIDDK)
Medical research for Crohn's disease: medical news summaries:
The following medical news items
are relevant to medical research for Crohn's disease:
Crohn's disease Treatment: Book Excerpts
Clinical Trials for Crohn's disease
Some of the clinical trials for Crohn's disease include:
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Crohn's disease
Medical research papers related to Crohn's disease include:
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