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I have been diagnosed with Crohn's colitis. My colonoscopy done last December showed severe chronic colitis in my ascending colon. I was given Budesonide for 3 months and I had another colonoscopy done April 4th and the colitis had healed. I have been told I have Crohns colitis. What is the difference between Chohns and colitis? Can you have both? I am taking lialda daily now.
 
Crohns colitis is crohns located in the colon. Here is the types of CD by the location.

Ileocolitis: Ileocolitis is the most common type of Crohn's disease. It affects the small intestine, known as the ileum, and the colon. People who have ileocolitis experience considerable weight loss, diarrhea, and cramping or pain in the middle or lower right part of the abdomen.

Ileitis: This type of Crohn's disease affects the ileum. Symptoms are the same as those for ileocolitis. In addition, fistulas, or inflammatory abscesses, may form in the lower right section of the abdomen.

Gastroduodenal Crohn's disease: This form of Crohn's disease involves the stomach and duodenum, which is the first part of the small intestine. People with this type of Crohn's disease suffer nausea, weight loss, and loss of appetite. In addition, if the narrow segments of bowel are obstructed, they experience vomiting.

Jejunoileitis: This form of the disease affects the jejunum, which is the upper half of the small intestine. It causes areas of inflammation. Symptoms include cramps after meals, the formation of fistulas, diarrhea, and abdominal pain that can become intense.

Crohn's (granulomatous) colitis: This form of Crohn's disease involves only the colon. Symptoms include skin lesions, joint pains, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, and the formation of ulcers, fistulas, and abscesses around the anus.

www.m.webmd.com/crohns-disease/5-types-crohns-disease

Crohn's disease affects all layers of the bowel. Ulcerative colitis only affects the top layer of the bowels and affects just the colon.
 
I have one more question. When I had the severe colitis back in December blood tests were done for crohns and colitis and both of them came back negative. I also had a CRP level of 4.3 which my doctor said was due to inflammation of my ascending colon. What should the CRP level be and does this get checked periodically when you have crohns colitis?
 
CRP is an inflammatory marker that tests for inflammation in the body and for some CD patients a good indicator, although it is not gut specific. GIs do utilize CRP to follow the patient progress if CRP is a good indicator for that patient.

Different labs have different Normal Reference Range(NRR). If you get copies of your lab work it should give your result and the NRR.
 


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