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16.04.2023 - 10:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
For years James Wilson thought the knot in his stomach was a symptom of anxiety. It wasn't until February last year that he learned the truth about his health.
James has Crohn’s disease, the lifelong condition in which parts of the digestive system become inflamed. He's still coming to terms with it. But he hopes that by talking about what he's going through, that he can help others.
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“I was first introduced to Crohn’s disease years ago because I used to watch Dynamo [the magician] on the telly and I saw he came out in the news saying he had Crohn's disease, and that was the only time I'd ever heard of it,” he told the Manchester Evening News.
“I was diagnosed in February last year, basically, my whole life, I've had issues going to the toilet. I just put it down to general anxiety - not wanting to go in public, not wanting to go at other people's houses, but I also struggled to go physically and always felt some kind of discomfort or pain in my stomach,” he said.
Research carried out by scientists at the University of Nottingham -funded by Crohn’s & Colitis UK and Coeliac UK - concluded that there are over 500,000 people in the UK living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), the two main forms of which are Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
Common symptoms include sudden diarrhoea, stomach aches and cramps, blood in your poo, fatigue, and weight loss - which can flare-up from time to time, with periods between each one known as remission.
However, even though it is believed to impact so many of us, experts say there is a 'need for increased public awareness' of the conditions.
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