Can stress worsen my Crohn's disease symptoms?

Hi everyone, new here my question is can stress worsen my Crohn's disease symptoms?

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Creator

5mo ago

It absolutely can. That's actually what gave me my flare ups in the first place, stress.

Beetle444

5mo ago

100%. I don’t have any sources off the top of my head, but anecdotally, stress will often worsen my symptoms

cheesepuff

5mo ago

Yes absolutely, if I'm stressed out my symptoms flare up

junpei

5mo ago

Yep, everytime I have exams I have a flare up a week later, but I also stress eat but yeah stress is normally felt in the stomach so it will make it worse unfortunately

Pandabear92

6mo ago

Yes it is the number 1 trigger for sure. 💕

Niki000

6mo ago

🤗

Jessica.alikehealth

6mo ago

Hi 👋 welcome to Alike

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