Living with Crohn's disease can be very stressful. One may often be anxious or embarrassed about having a bowel accident. Additionally, stressful events in one's life can lead to digestive problems. Stay in communication with a doctor about how stress and Crohn's disease are related. 

Crohn's disease can lead to other complications, such as:

• hemorrhage (bleeding)
• Children can have stunted growth
• Fistulas (abnormal connections between the intestines and other parts of the body)
• Abscesses (infections)
• The intestine can narrow
• Nutritional deficiency
• Lesions in the eye
• Joint swelling

A patient should contact their health care provider if:

• They have serious stomach (abdominal) pain.
• Their diarrhea cannot be controlled with changing their diet or over-the-counter medicine.
• They have lost weight. Or, if they are a child, they cannot gain weight.
• Rectal bleeding, drainage, or sores are experienced.
• They have a fever that lasts more than 2 to 3 days.
• Their nausea and vomiting lasts more than one day.
• Skin sores or lesions do not heal.
• Joint pain keeps them from doing their normal daily activities.
• Medication for their condition is causing side-effects.