Crohns Disease Colonoscopy
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Crohns disease colonoscopy. Colonoscopy is the most important tool in diagnosing crohn s disease. Colonoscopy is a procedure in which a doctor uses a long flexible narrow tube with a light and tiny camera on one end called a colonoscope or endoscope to look inside your rectum and colon. For this test you swallow a capsule that has a camera in it. The doctor may also examine your ileum to look for signs of crohn s disease.
Patients without colonic involvement or with inflammation limited to the cecal tip or rectum were excluded. This can include inflamed areas or ulcers that may occur in patches. During this test a physician may see the characteristics of crohn s disease inside the large intestine. Colectomies are performed for people who have crohn s disease colon cancer diverticulitis and other conditions.
A colonoscopy allows a look inside the large intestine colon. A colonoscopy can provide a view of all the large intestine and often the end of the small intestine which is frequently affected by crohn s. Endoscopies used in crohn s disease testing include. During these procedures a flexible viewing tube is placed through the anus into the large intestine.
Abdominal pain blood in your stool ongoing bouts of diarrhea that don t respond to over the counter otc medications unexplained fever lasting more than a. Crohn s disease was diagnosed by standard radiographic endoscopic and or pathologic criteria. The images are then downloaded to a computer displayed on a monitor and checked for signs of crohn s disease. Originally the procedure was performed by making an incision in the abdomen to.
In either case the doctor can directly view the colon. Colonic involvement was quantified by gross approximation using barium enema or colonoscopy. A colonoscopy allows doctors to examine the colon the lowest part of your large intestine by inserting a flexible lighted tube through the opening to your anus.