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Is Crohns disease an inherited disorder

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Answer:

Yes.

What is the Crohn's disease?

The Crohn's disease is an IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) that affects the intestinal tract (inflammation) which leads to a series of consequences such as pain diarrhea.

Can the Crohn's disease be inherited?

It can, and although scientists are yet to discover the inheritance pattern of this disease, it is known the probability of a sibling or parent carrying this disease, while you also carry it, is high.

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User Nitish Koundade
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yes it does run in the family

Step-by-step explanation:

the inheritance pattern of Crohn disease is unclear because many genetic and environmental factors are likely to be involved. However, Crohn disease tends to cluster in families; about 15 percent of affected people have a first-degree relative (such as a parent or sibling) with the disorder.

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