Cedric Mullins shares battle with Crohn’s Disease

ORIOLES OUTFIELD OR SOUTHERN MULLENS REVEALED THIS WEEK THAT HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CROHN’S DI SEASE BEFORE THE 2021 SEASON AND HAD TO HAVE 10 CENTIMERSTE OF HIS INTESTINE SURGICALLY REMOVED. HE EVEN LOST 20 POUNDS AFTER GETTING AN INFECTION FROM THE DISEASE DESPITE THIS HE BUILT HIMSELF BACK UP AND HADHE T SEASON OF A LIFETIME BECOMING ETH ONLY PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE LAST YREA TO HAVE 30 STOLEN BASES AND BE HOME RUNS AND HE OWES ALL-STAR IS GETTING HIS MESSAGE OUT THAT IF YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING’S WRONG SEE A DOCTOR JOINING US NOW THIS MORNING WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION ON CROHN’S DISEASE IS THE CO-DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL IN COLORECTAL DISEASES AT MERCY DR. MATILDA HAGAN. THANKS FOR JOINING US. MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. YOU ARE SO WELCOME. SO APPARENTLY CEDRIC MULLEN SAID THAT HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOOD POISONING THAT JUST NEVER WENT AWAY. IS THAT COMMON FOR PEOPLE? TO THINK THAT IT IS IT’S COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THAT OF COURSE IS FOOD, YOU KNOW FOODBORNE ILLNESSES ARE MORE COMMON MORE PEOPLE WOULD THINK ABOUT TTHA BUT THEN AN INFLAMMARYTO BOWEL DISEASE, BUT GENERALLYND A THE SYMPTOMSRE A ESSENTIAYLL IN DISTINGUISHABLE, BUT UNLIKE FOODBORNE ILLSSNE WHICH MIGHT BE SHORT LIVED CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, YOU KNOW CAN LAST A LOT LOERNG AND CAN HAVE MORE SEVERE. SYMPTOMS AS WELL AND TALK ABOUT THOSE SYMPTOMS. YES IN GENERAL. I MN,EA YOU KNOW PARTICULARLY WITH CROHN’S DISEASE, YOU KNOW ABDOMINAL PAIN IS A VY ERCOMMON PRESENTATION ON DARIA IS OFTEN PRESENT PRESENT AND SOMETIMES COULD HAVE BLOOD IN IT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE SYMPTOMS ARE ESSENTIALLY VARIABLE. SOME PEOPLE CAN HAVE FATIGUE. THEY MAY HAVE WEIGHT LOSS DEPENDING ON THE PARTS OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT THAT THE DISEEAS EFFECTS. THEY COULD HAVE NARROWINGS AND EVEN HAVE A BLOCKAGE OR HAVE YOU KNOW A COLLECTION OF POSSIBLY ABDOMEN WHICH MAY WARRANT SURGERY. CANFF AECT YOU KNOW THE PERINEUM AND PEOPLE MAY HAVE YOU KNOW PAIN IN THE RECTUM OR COECLLTIONS OF COSTS AROUND THE RECTUM. SOT’ ’S REALLY YOU KNOW, OR ON THE — THERE’S A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONSND A OF COURSE SEVERE ANEMIA, COULD YOU KNOW REALLY CAUSE PEOPLE TO BE FATIGUE OR PSAS OUT SOND AND A ITALY AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEY MAY EVEN HAVE GROWTH FAILURE SO REALLY IF YOU ARE HAVING ANY KIND OF SYMPTOMS THAT YOU’RE YOU KNOW CONCERNED ABOUT I THINK YOU KNOW, HE MENONTIED DON’T WAIT AND THINK THAT IT’S GOING TO GO AWAY YOU NEED A DOCTOR AND I THINK THAT’S QUITE CRITICAL. WELL SURE. IT CAN BECOME VERY DEBILITATING AND VERY VERY PAINFUL. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS YOU USE TO DETERMINE IF SOMEONE HAS THIS? SO, YOU KNOW FIRST THE FIRST THING THAT WE DO ISF O COURSE DO WHAT WE CALL THE HISTORYND A SO YOU TALK TO THE PATIENT YOU FIND OUT WH’T’S BEEN GOING ON WITH THEM HOW LONG IT’’ BEEN GOING ON. ARE THEY WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO HAVE BOWEL MOVEMENTS IN THOSE SORTS OF THINGS YOU TEND TO DO BLOOD WORK AS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR IN THE BLOOD WORK AS IN LONG TRADE MARKERS AS ANY AM ANEMIA OR ANY NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES. AND OF COURSE, THEN THERE’S OUR, YOU KNOW SCANS THAT WE USE AND THEN ULTIMELATY WE DO A COLONOSCOPY LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE LINING. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DANO UPPER ENDOSCOPY AS WELL AND TO ISSUE TO SEND TO THE LAB THEN TO LOOK FOR FEATURES THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH EMPLOYMENT RATE BOWEL DISEASE. AND SO TNHE THAT BECOMES ABOUT MANAGING IT THEN AFTER TT,HA IS THAT RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TREATMENT OPTIONS? YEAH, SO I MNEA I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS TO YOU KNOW UNDERSTAND WHYS THI IS HAPPENING OFTEN PEOPLE THINK THIS COULD BE A DIET OR A LIFESTYLE RELATED CONDITION. BUT REALLY WHAT IT IS IS THAT THEY’RE IN A NEW AND PEOPLE WERE JUST THE RIGHT GENETICS CEACPTABILITY. THEY GET SOME EXPOSURE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM KDIN OF GET ACTIVATED AND RESPONSE IN A WAY THAT ENDS UP ATTACKING THE LINING OR INJURING THE LINING OF THE INTESTINE. SO BECSEAU WE CANNOT CHANGE THE GENETICS WE ALSO CAN CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR THAT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS SO OFTEN OUR TREATMENTS ADDRESS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM MOST OF OUR MEDICATIONS SUPPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEM AND IN SOME CASES SURGERY IS INDICATED. THERE’S ALSO USED AS PART OF THE REGIMEN THAT WE USE. AND ZEROIDS OF COURSE, AND YOU KNOW ALSO CAN BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO USE THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BIOLOGIES. ALL RIGHT, BUT CEDRIC MULLEN CERTAINLY A SHINING EXAMPLE OF GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE AND AND RECOVERING AND DOING QUITE WELL. YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO IT’S A LOT A LIFELONG DISEASE. THERE’S CERTAINLY NO CURE FOR ,IT BUT WE CAN’T TREAT IT AND GET PEOPLE IN REMISSION SO YOU CAN LIVE A FULL LIFE. THERE’S NREO ASON WHY YOU SHOULDN’T, YOU KNOW BE ABLE TO LIVE YOURREAMS D OR HAVE A NORMAL LIFESTYLE LIFESPAN WITH THIS DISEASE AS LONG AS IT’S MANAGED PROPERLY. ALL RIG,HT THAT IS CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS DR. HAGAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MY PLEASURE.

Medical Alert: O’s Mullins shares battle with Crohn’s Disease

Updated: 11:52 AM EST Feb 7, 2022

In this Medical Alert segment, Orioles’ outfielder Cedric Mullins revealed that he was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease before the 2021 season and had to have 10 centimeters of his intestine surgically removed. He even lost 20 pounds after getting an infection from the disease. Despite this, he built himself back up and had the season of a lifetime, becoming the only player in the league last year with 30 stolen bases and 30 homeruns. The O’s All-Star is getting his message out that if you feel like something is wrong, see a doctor. Joining us with more information on Crohn’s Disease is Co-Director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel and Colorectal Diseases at Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Matilda Hagan.

In this Medical Alert segment, Orioles’ outfielder Cedric Mullins revealed that he was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease before the 2021 season and had to have 10 centimeters of his intestine surgically removed. He even lost 20 pounds after getting an infection from the disease.

Despite this, he built himself back up and had the season of a lifetime, becoming the only player in the league last year with 30 stolen bases and 30 homeruns. The O’s All-Star is getting his message out that if you feel like something is wrong, see a doctor. Joining us with more information on Crohn’s Disease is Co-Director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel and Colorectal Diseases at Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Matilda Hagan.