What examination can Crohn's disease do
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Crohn's disease is a kind of intestinal inflammatory disease. Clinically, it often has symptoms such as diarrhea and fever. Before the diagnosis of Crohn's disease, we need to do the corresponding examination. This article will introduce the examination items of Crohn's disease to you.
What examination can Crohn's disease do
One: endoscopy. It is a kind of auxiliary examination, which has the role of clear diagnosis and effective exclusion of other diseases. It is also the most important means in monitoring the treatment effect and understanding the recurrence. Its typical manifestations are segmental intestinal involvement, paving stone like changes, intestinal mucosal ulcer, hematocele edema and purulent coating. If the disease relapses after operation, it is often manifested as intestinal anastomotic ulcer .
Second: whole digestive tract barium meal examination. It can help to clarify the nature, location and scope of intestinal lesions. Typical CD barium meal images showed segmental intestinal stenosis and mucosal folds disappeared, intestinal lead tube like changes, jumping sign, paving stone like changes, etc. when combined with intestinal fistula, there may be star sign and other changes.
Third: CT and CT enterography (CTE). It can also help to diagnose and exclude other diseases, and determine the degree and scope of the lesions, whether there are complications such as lymphadenopathy and abdominal abscess. The typical changes were thickening of intestinal wall, narrowing of intestinal cavity, thickening of mesentery and enlargement of lymph nodes.
matters needing attention
For the examination of Crohn's disease, the main ways are the above. After suffering from Crohn's disease, the patients should pay attention to bed rest, give high nutrition and low residue diet in the active period. In severe cases, they should fast temporarily, correct the disorder of water, electrolyte and acid-base balance, and adopt enteral or parenteral high nutrition support.
