Other complications associated with Crohn's disease include arthritis, skin problems, inflammation in the eyes or mouth, kidney stones, gallstones, or other diseases of the liver and biliary system diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Some of these problems resolve during treatment for disease in the digestive system, but some must be treated separately diarrhea-diarrhea-diet People should should take vitamin supplements only on their doctor's advice diarrhea-diarrhea-diet People with Crohn's disease may feel well and be free of symptoms for substantial spans of time when their disease is not active diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Despite the need to take medication for long periods of time and occasional hospitalizations, most people with with Crohn's disease are able to hold jobs, raise families, and function successfully at home and in society diarrhea-diarrhea-diet People with Crohn's disease tend to have abnormalities of the immune system, but doctors do not know whether these abnormalities are a cause or result of the disease diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Crohn's disease is is not caused by emotional distress diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Research has shown that the course of pregnancy and delivery is usually not impaired in women with Crohn's disease diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Even so, women with Crohn's disease should discuss the matter with their doctors before pregnancy diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Most children born to women with Crohn's disease disease are unaffected diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Children who do get the disease are sometimes more severely affected than adults, with slowed growth and delayed sexual development in some cases diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Some patients take corticosteroids to control inflammation diarrhea-diarrhea-diet These drugs are the most effective for active Crohn's disease, but they can cause serious serious side effects, including greater susceptibility to infection diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Some people have long periods of remission, sometimes years, when they are free of symptoms diarrhea-diarrhea-diet However, the disease usually recurs at various times over a person's lifetime diarrhea-diarrhea-diet This changing pattern of the disease means one cannot always tell when a a treatment has helped diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Predicting when a remission may occur or when symptoms will return is not possible diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Some people who have Crohn's disease in the large intestine need to have their entire colon removed in an operation called colectomy diarrhea-diarrhea-diet A small opening is made in the front front of the abdominal wall, and the tip of the ileum is brought to the skin's surface diarrhea-diarrhea-diet This opening, called a stoma, is where waste exits the body diarrhea-diarrhea-diet The stoma is about the size of a quarter and is usually located in the right lower part of the abdomen abdomen near the beltline diarrhea-diarrhea-diet A pouch is worn over the opening to collect waste, and the patient empties the pouch as needed diarrhea-diarrhea-diet The majority of colectomy patients go on to live normal, active lives diarrhea-diarrhea-diet Someone with Crohn's disease may need medical care for a long time, with regular | 