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Niki000

Updated 8mo ago

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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"Yes, stress can definitely contribute to flares of Crohn's disease. Not only for primary reasons, but we also tend to not take care of ourselves when we’re stressed (bad food choices, lack of sleep, ...See More

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Jessica.alikehealth

9mo

Hi 👋 welcome to Alike
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Niki000

9mo

🤗
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Pandabear92

9mo

Yes it is the number 1 trigger for sure. 💕
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junpei

9mo

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
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cheesepuff

9mo

Yes absolutely, if I'm stressed out my symptoms flare up
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Beetle444

9mo

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

8mo

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

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