- Location
- Sydney Australia
Hi everyone,
A question for the collective wisdom of the group
( ?Judith or David)
Any suggestions for good reference info on diagnostic sub groups of CD? I know it's divided under the anatomical area of the GI tract involved, and/or as inflammatory/fibrostenotic/fistularizing.
I hadn't really been aware of microscopic colitis before.
But even the medical literature I've found doesn't seem to fully categorise the condition.
My personal experience of the disease is of relatively mild GI involvement (I probably still wouldn't have bothered with a colonoscopy 7-8 years later :ybatty: except for bad bilateral iritis.. it's more good luck than good management that I haven't had serious visual impairment), a single episode of ankle arthritis, persisting sacroileitis (wakes me up daily at 4am after bedtime panadeine wears off), and a couple of episodes of costochondritis.
And the SI problems probably preceded the gut symptoms by 5 years or so..
So I understand it's under the heading of GI diseases, but the range of presentation has me perplexed
(have seen a rheumatologist, but not much additional input, and overall management referred back to GI)
A question for the collective wisdom of the group
( ?Judith or David)
Any suggestions for good reference info on diagnostic sub groups of CD? I know it's divided under the anatomical area of the GI tract involved, and/or as inflammatory/fibrostenotic/fistularizing.
I hadn't really been aware of microscopic colitis before.
But even the medical literature I've found doesn't seem to fully categorise the condition.
My personal experience of the disease is of relatively mild GI involvement (I probably still wouldn't have bothered with a colonoscopy 7-8 years later :ybatty: except for bad bilateral iritis.. it's more good luck than good management that I haven't had serious visual impairment), a single episode of ankle arthritis, persisting sacroileitis (wakes me up daily at 4am after bedtime panadeine wears off), and a couple of episodes of costochondritis.
And the SI problems probably preceded the gut symptoms by 5 years or so..
So I understand it's under the heading of GI diseases, but the range of presentation has me perplexed
(have seen a rheumatologist, but not much additional input, and overall management referred back to GI)