Can people die from Crohn's? My husband has it. He's had it since he was a child but was just diagnosed with it 4 years ago. I worry about him. Sometimes he'll be healthy for weeks then all of the sudden he'll get up the next day and be so sick and in pain he can't eat or move around. In those times he loses alot of weight and gets anemic. Once he even had to have a unit of blood because the flare caused internal bleeding. I just don't know what would happen to me if he died. All I do worry about this. It gives me panic attacks and headaches.