I have ileitis Crohn's, but at my last colonoscopy in Mayo Clinic this last May, they took a total of 4 location biopsies: ileum, ascending colon, descending colon, and sigmoid, when the only obviously inflamed site was the ileum. Report shows some microscopic in ascending, and some in ileum, nothing in the other 2....if they want to check for microscopic inflammation, why don't they do a biopsy on everybody then? Don't you think this could cause the disease to "show up" in these insulted areas, or lead to inflammation in these places that were fine??
I'm asking because I was symptom-free before, but now I notice a left-sided ache....i really don't want my Crohn's to have spread due to a procedure..that'd defeat the purpose!
The reason for the colonoscopy was to check how everything was since I had been symptom and med-free for about 1.5 years.
I'm asking because I was symptom-free before, but now I notice a left-sided ache....i really don't want my Crohn's to have spread due to a procedure..that'd defeat the purpose!
The reason for the colonoscopy was to check how everything was since I had been symptom and med-free for about 1.5 years.