Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Stress can make you feel worse with Crohn's or ulcerative colitis. And if you control your stress, your inflammation levels may actually go down. That said, we still have a lot to learn about how stress interplays with the body, and it's not typically thought that stress actually causes Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
Dartmouth Health is New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serving patients across northern New England. With more than 13,000 employees, Dartmouth Health is deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
Read more about IBD if you think you might have the disease at:
dartmouth-hitchcock.org/stories/article/do-you-think-you-might-have-crohns-disease.
Stress can make you feel worse with Crohn's or ulcerative colitis. And if you control your stress, your inflammation levels may actually go down. That said, we still have a lot to learn about how stress interplays with the body, and it's not typically thought that stress actually causes Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
Dartmouth Health is New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serving patients across northern New England. With more than 13,000 employees, Dartmouth Health is deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
Read more about IBD if you think you might have the disease at:
dartmouth-hitchcock.org/stories/article/do-you-think-you-might-have-crohns-disease.
