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Can having an appendectomy cause a lot of problems with my crohn's?

I went to the ER on October 10th with a very bad flare up. (all on the left side and middle) After having cat scan the ER doctor said my appendix needed to be removed. Since the surgery, I have never felt worse. Between not having control of my bowels at times to bad flare ups its been a rough time. I've missed a lot of work and am not happy. Then to top it off, my GI doctor says afterwards that he feels that the appendix didn't need to come out. Any suggestions???

  1. Hi - there are some risk factors associated with an appendectomy that you can read about in our article here: https://inflammatoryboweldisease.net/basics/risk-factors/. I hope that is helpful, please keep us posted! - Susan (InflammatoryBowelDisease.net Team Member)

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