Im a person with Crohn's disease and happy to say that I'm doing great handling the problem. My question is if Crohn's disease can be passed along to another person such as a partner, for example kissing someone or having sex?
2007-01-08 04:36:19 · 14 answers · asked by jcrew 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
NO. It is not caused by any type of micro-organisms. Because of this, you can not transmit it in any way. The best we know today, it is inherited.
I guess you *could* say, if you have a child, you can transmit it... but I don't think that's what you asked. Even then, I know of several people with that problem, and none of their parents have the disease.
2007-01-08 04:46:25 · answer #1 · answered by tkquestion 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No...it is not an STD...it is a disorder of your digestive track...u need to talk to your doctor and go online and learn more about Crohns...it is not contagious in any way ...it is on the other had hereditary...if someone in your family has Crohns, Colitis or IBS, you can have any one of them...they are all similar disorders...one is just worst than the other...if u have any questions on it u can email ot IM me i have recently found out i have it and have learnt lots on the disease...Good Luck....
2007-01-08 04:48:36 · answer #2 · answered by eyesopen16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crohn's disease is not contagious. Your risk of having it increases if a (blood) relative has it, but that's a result of heredity, not catching it. You can read more about it in the source below.
2007-01-08 04:48:01 · answer #3 · answered by Tamara K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in spite of the undeniable fact that the reason for Crohn's ailment isn't commonplace, it really is extensively believed to be an autoimmune ailment. The condition occurs even as the immune device contributes to break of the gastrointestinal tract by way of causing inflammation. Please see the web content for more effective information on Crohn's ailment.
2016-12-28 09:48:55 · answer #4 · answered by dietlin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no,not at all.its an "auto-immune "illness,like rheumatoid arthritis for example.in other words,for reasons unknown to medicine at this date,in people with crohns,the body attacks and hurts itself,and infection occurs.it is not a transmittable infection,so no one can catch crohns from u,anymore than u can catch arthritis from someone.that being said,crohns and ulceritive colitis-both inflammatory bowel diseases of autoimmune nature-can be passed down in families-a genetic predisposition for having these illnesses can be passed along.so its possible ur children or grandchildren may have it someday.possible,but not set in stone.some people in a family get it,some dont.no way to predict.so go ahead,kiss someone-u wont hurt them!!!!!
2007-01-08 04:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Adriel M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO it cannot be contagious. Has anyone ever explained this disease to you? It is not a sexual disease and nobody can "catch" Crohn's.
2007-01-08 05:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
You need to learn about your disease:
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/crohns/
2007-01-08 04:38:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contagious? No But it can be passed down heriditarily
2007-01-08 04:47:37 · answer #8 · answered by TP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it's a disease of your innerds, it's not contagious. It's more of a hereditary type of disease.
2007-01-08 04:43:07 · answer #9 · answered by hello 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no u cants past it on i had its 8 years and i have 2 kids
2007-01-08 04:41:51 · answer #10 · answered by jennifers 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋