Volume 24, Issue 106, November - December, 2020

Crohn's disease in a patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A case report

Nur Basak¹, Berna Nilgun Ozgursoy Uran^2♦

¹Master of Science in Nursing, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Institute of Health Science, Internal Medicine Nursing Department, Izmir, Turkey (ORCID: 0000-0002-1645-7553) Email: nur.8512@hotmail.com
²Asst. Prof. Dr. Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Health Science, Internal Medicine Nursing Department, Izmir, Turkey (ORCID: 0000-0002-4096-4619) Email: bernanilgun@gmail.com

^♦Corresponding author
Asst. Prof. Dr. Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Health Science, Internal Medicine Nursing Department, Izmir, Turkey; Email: bernanilgun@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) drugs are frequently used today especially in rheumatology and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Sometimes paradoxical side effects develop due to these agents. In the case in this article, Crohn's disease (CD) has developed as an intestinal paradoxical side effect due to the use of anti-TNF in an individual who has been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) since childhood. For this reason, the treatment process was rearranged and nursing care was planned based on Gordon's functional health patterns for the patient who was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, nursing care, paradoxical side effect

Medical Science, 2020, 24(106), 4550-4557

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