Hey! I have crohn's disease too. The way I discovered I had the disease, too late, was when my digestive tract starts to bleed blood. Ulcer was on a blood vessel.
I knew nothing about my body(and still don't) other than I am obese, need exercise, and my guts is in terrible shape. I hope this article, and others like it, will help jumpstart effort to measure my own body for science.
I'm surprised that there was no mention of gluten sensitivity and/or gut permeability as possible causes of chronic inflammation. While mainstream medicine is still not sold on the idea, I think the widespread anecdotal evidence merits further study and data-gathering. In my own case, I stopped having chronically inflamed gums when I gave up grains.
I knew nothing about my body(and still don't) other than I am obese, need exercise, and my guts is in terrible shape. I hope this article, and others like it, will help jumpstart effort to measure my own body for science.