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Diagnosis uncertainty.

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GrimsbyTK
GrimsbyTK

Hi,

I had a bit of minor bleeding and loose stools over the course of a couple months and I didn't really feel like it was a good idea to ignore it. Went in to get myself checked out, and a flexible sigmoidoscopy showed a tiny patch of ulcers in the descending colon that looked just like mouth ulcers. The GI seems convinced this is Crohn's from the ulcers alone, but I'm not sure--could it really be that? It doesn't seem to hurt at all, the bleeding incident seemed to be limited to one occasion and a lot of symptoms people talk about having are just completely absent. Basically, I don't feel like I'm 'ill enough' for it to be something like that.

Further fuel for my scepticism is that I've heard NSAIDs like ibuprofen can cause similar damage in the intestinal tract, and I'd been chucking back like 2-3 a day for a good few weeks before I went in for that colonoscopy. Can Crohn's really be this quiet or is it more likely to be something else?

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  • ollieb
    ollieb GrimsbyTK

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    I suppose a way to exclude crohns would be to stop the ibuprofen for a month and schedule in a colonoscopy and see if the ulcers have gone.  Crohns can range from very mild to severe and the inflammation seen on a colonoscopy will give you an idea of where its at.  
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