Does Colonoscopy rule out Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Hi All
I had a colonoscopy with biopsies taken a little while ago as a follow up to two positive faecal calprotectin results. During the colonoscopy the surgeon and nurses commented on how healthy my insides looked, and the discharge sheet stated my rectum, colon and terminal ileum were normal. The only thing they found that was typed in big, bold letters on the discharge sheet was 'Haemorrhoids'. I got the results back from the biopsies taken during the colonoscopy and they were normal as well.
I'm rather happy with the results, as anyone would be, and I'm due a follow up appointment with my doctor to discuss this, but I was wondering if any of you would say that the normal colonoscopy results would suggest that I don't have Crohn's Disease and/or Ulcerative Colitis?
Any thoughts and views on this would be very welcome.
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lynn80906 paul75665
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It would rule out both those things as well as coeliac disease. Mine came back clear (I'm coeliac but we already knew that ). But now I'm under the care of the dietician and she put me on the FODMAP diet which is a huge pain in the neck but us making a welcome difference to my problems.
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mumoffour25242 paul75665
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Mumoffour - we may be at cross-purposes and I suspect we are but Ulcerative Colitis is found only in the COLON. The word colitis means "OF THE COLON". Crohn's disease can affect any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus, so it may be that they are checking for. When found, it is most often in the ILEUM, the bit of the small intestine just before the Colon starts. I very much hope you don't have it.The test is painless and you can leave the hospital usually: the belt is a bit of a bore in bed but I did manage to get some sleep. Pictures are amazing. Good luck! If it is specifically Crohn's they are looking for then they may not fear any actual obstruction so that's probably why they are not using Dummy Cam first.
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paul75665
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Thank you all so much for your responses. Some interesting, albeit conflicting information there.
From my perspective, I did have an endoscopy some time ago and everything there was normal as well. I don't have any of the common symptoms of Crohn's Disease other than bloating but not even this is a constant factor, certainly no ulcerating of any of the areas that have been investigated so far. I'm just confused as to why I had two separate faecal calprotectin results, and why there is this daily feeling of being slightly ill everyday, although even this isn't all day, and can change in severity from feeling fine, to being very mild, to then feeling moderate in the space of hours.
cjb106 paul75665
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Ask for the numbers from your two tests. They should be expressed as mg/kg. Tests can give false positives and there’s a gray area which may be the reason you were trested again. Readings between 50 and 100 are considered gray. Readings of 100mg/kg or over are taken as positive. Calprotectin levels between 150/200 and 500 mg/kg indicate “moderate disease activity” and values above that “high disease activity”. Severe IBD can give readings in the thousands. Get the numbers as they may put your mind at rest. Don't forget that haemorrhoids are inflammation so maybe the test results were reflecting that.
paul75665 cjb106
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Many thanks for your reply cjb.
My first reading was 1400, and the second a couple of weeks later was 300. Thing is when I had those tests done I wasn't feeling too bad at all, certainly no symptoms in relation to severe IBD as the the higher reading would suggest. I wasn't aware that haemorrhoids are classed as inflammation, very interesting, I just thought they were growths of some kind. I'm wondering if the results were linked to haemorrhoids as was diagnosed during my colonoscopy. I was fully aware and watching everything on the screen and I distinctly remember seeing quite a few, what looked like balls inside me as the doctor was pulling the scope out through my rectum, I'm also pretty sure he said 'there are your haemorrhoids' at the same time.