The poetics of Crohn's disease

Illuminating Crohn's disease chronologically from cause to symptoms to treatment, Gibson's poems grapple with the disease's ambiguous genetic component, its stigmatising symptoms, the process of experimenting with biological treatments, and the impacts of ostomy surgery. Gender emerge...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2024-05, Vol.403 (10439), p.1843-1843
Main Author: Libow, Jess
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological activity
Biological treatment
Black people
Crohn Disease - drug therapy
Crohn's disease
Humans
Medical treatment
Medicine in Literature
Ostomy
Patients
Poetry
Signs and symptoms
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Summary:Illuminating Crohn's disease chronologically from cause to symptoms to treatment, Gibson's poems grapple with the disease's ambiguous genetic component, its stigmatising symptoms, the process of experimenting with biological treatments, and the impacts of ostomy surgery. Gender emerges alongside race in later poems that focus on the onset of symptoms. Living with Crohn's disease is, Gibson writes, akin to being “held in a body / that will never be healed”; managing the condition usurps significant time and emotional energy.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00925-5