An Interview With Dr. Shannon Chang
Crohn’s disease affects more than 700,000 people in the United States and causes extreme inflammation of the digestive tract, leading to overwhelming pain from an immune system that essentially “attacks itself.” Yet on first glance, it’s almost impossible to tell when meeting a Crohn’s patient and the disease is thus referred to as an “invisible illness.” This fact makes raising awareness much more difficult as many patients go through their daily lives, quietly struggling with the disease. To get a further understanding of how Crohn’s disease truly affects patients, and what others can do to help, I spoke with Gastroenterologist Dr. Shannon Chang from the NYU IBD center: How does the process of digestion look different for patients with IBD?...