Crohn’s and Colitis Canada is taking aim at a serious hurdle many Canadians with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis face – accessing washrooms on the go. November is Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month, and the national charity is advocating that public washroom access is a right, not a privilege, and for the Canadians living with these chronic diseases, it’s a critical need.  Crohn’s and colitis are debilitating, yet often invisible, autoimmune diseases. They cause the body to attack healthy tissue, leading to the inflammation of all or part of the digestive tract. Symptoms include diarrhea, internal bleeding, and abdominal pain, and result in the frequent and urgent need to use the washroom, in some cases over 20 times a day.  Read more.

Source: CNW, November 1, 2017