What Parents Should Know

If your child has been diagnosed with pediatric Crohn’s disease, it is only natural to feel overwhelmed and scared. Since this is a chronic illness (meaning that it doesn’t go away) that can involve painful and sometimes embarrassing symptoms, you may have questions: 

• How will pediatric Crohn’s disease affect my child’s health and well-being?  Will it affect me and the rest of my family as well?
• Will this disease change my child’s appearance or interfere with normal growth?
• Will my child have to go on a special diet?
• What treatment is available for pediatric Crohn’s disease? 

In this section of REMICADE.com, you will find the answers and information you need so that you will be able to give your child the best care possible.  Please visit the following resources:

• The Effects of Pediatric Crohn's
• Appearance and Growth
• The Importance of Diet
• The Importance of Early Treatment