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I have asked for a doctor to ring me back later to explain a bit further. Can a pathologist differentiate between inflammation caused by crohns and other things i.e. NSAIDS etc from looking at the biopsy alone?

I just rang my GP for the biopsy results, the receptionist said the Dr looked at them yesterday and that there is "normal small bowel and very mild inflammation of the large bowel" they do not want any further follow up. I'm confused does this rule out crohns completely? I was hoping for some...

Thank you for your comments, I'm so glad this forum exists. The doctor said it may be bowel prep induced (how horrible is Klean-prep by the way?!?) but stupidly being so worried about the prospect of bowel cancer I forget to mention that my brother has crohns... The abdo pain is only a dull/...

Hi all, I am a 24 year old female with no other medical problems. I have been having occasional PR bleeding for the last 4 months and mild lower left abdominal pain for over a year. Family history of mum with bowel cancer and brother with severe crohns. I had a colonoscopy a few days ago to...