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Re: Canker Sores
      09/02/03 04:06 PM
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Hi - you should have no worries here. Mouth sores can occur with Crohn's because that is an inflammatory disease of the entire GI tract, from mouth to anus. This is completely different than garden variety canker sores, and also from IBS (which is not an inflammatory disease, but a specific bowel dysfunction).

But - if you notice recurrent canker sores, especially in assocation with bowel problems, running a fever, joint pain, diarrhea in the middle of the night - then please see a GI doc to make sure that you haven't been misdiagnosed with IBS when Crohn's (or celiac) might actually be a possibility.

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