Can you originally have a crohns flare that doesn't go away and gets worse until diagnosing it?

[yuoke]

Like could you originally have symptoms for awhile that potentially get worse and not be better until taking medicine for it? I've heard some people say a flare could be pretty much constant, and that flares would get worse if not doing anything for it.

 

[ronroush7]

If you are not taking any medication for IBD there is always the chance that the disease could get worse.

 

[monbohn]

Could they possibly mean that their symptoms are constant and if they don't keep up their meds the symptoms get worse and turn into a full flare? That's how I am. In the 20 years I've had the disease I don't think I ever achieved full remission. For me remission is basically minor, but constant, symptoms. When I flare the symptoms get worse and include a couple that aren't constant.