MRE of small bowel on Monday!

[chuckmya]

Hi having an MRE of small bowel on Monday......hopefully this gives us the info we need so I may get started on meds! Does an MRE show enough detail to figure out where my problems are even if I don't have active crohns?

 

[nogutsnoglory]

MRE could show inflammation or scar tissue but it can be hard for them to differentiate what they see. That being said the test is great in showing structural problems.

 

[Mrs_R]

Hi having an MRE of small bowel on Monday......hopefully this gives us the info we need so I may get started on meds! Does an MRE show enough detail to figure out where my problems are even if I don't have active crohns?

I had this test done a few weeks ago and it showed thickening of my intestinal wall in my Terminal Ileum. That evidence along with all of my other symptoms had my GI Consultant sure I have Crohn's so I have received that diagnosis. At the time of the MRE, I didn't feel like my symptoms were flaring but she said the thickening is likely to be scar tissue from previous flares of inflammation. I am now having a colonoscopy next week to assess the extent of the damage in my small bowel. Hope this helps

 

[chuckmya]

I've actually been diagnosed with crohns but now we're trying to figure out where the inflammation or stricture? Or scar tissue is in the small bowel! A recent colonoscopy revealed ulcers on the terminal ileum and 1999 operative reports and pathology showed active crohns! Long story but I really officially didn't get diagnosed until April of this year! Now we're trying to figure out where the disease is so we can hopefully treat it with meds!!:ybatty::ybatty: