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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Diagnosis

  • inflammatory bowel disease diagnosisBlood tests: Full blood count, renal panel, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), liver panel and vitamin B12/ folic acid/ iron levels in anaemia.
  • Stool tests: Stool culture, microscopy, Clostridium difficile PCR and stool calprotectin
  • Imaging
    • Chest x-ray
    • Abdominal x-ray
    • Abdominal and/or pelvis CT scans
    • Small bowel enteroclysis
    • CT/MRI enterogram
    • Small bowel capsule endoscopy
  • Endoscopy to obtain tissue for biopsies
    • Colonoscopy and ileoscopy
    • Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD)
    • Small bowel enteroscopy

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