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Thank you. I appreciate the quick responses. You mention 'finding the cause of the inflammation'.....it seems like I will just be on Pentasa with occasional colonoscopies to monitor status. He made no mention of any further fine tuned diagnosis or tests to determine the cause of the...

I went in due to a tiny amount of blood during BMs which led to the colonoscopy. Following that, the GI said the blood was likely due to some small hemorrhoids. The colonoscopy also revealed the inflammation which then lead to the Prometheus lab test. The plan set forth is Pentasa and then...

I was recently diagnosed with "probable" Crohn's via a colonoscopy and Prometheus labs. I have virtually no symptoms, but my GI is recommending I go on Pentasa "indefinately" in order to tame ileum inflammation seen in the colonoscopy. His rationale is that taming the inflammation should...