Small Intestine Inflammation Causing Problems?

I am a 25 yr old female with severe diarrhea, gas, and abdominal pain. I can only eat rice, Gatorade, and jello; I am luckily able to work from home. Last year I had my gallbladder removed and currently take Colestipol. Last month I had C-Diff and took antibiotics. My colonoscopy last year showed mild inflammation in my small intestine, and I am wondering if the inflammation could cause my symptoms. The doctor said that the inflammation wasn't Crohns or ulcerative colitis so they didn't treat it, but could it be responsible for the diarrhea and pain?

[CrohnieToo]

Do you have health insurance? Does it allow you your own choice of doctors? Was the doctor who did your colonoscopy last year a gastroenterologist? Did he take biopsies at the inflammation?

Crohn's does not always first strike at that small length of terminal ileum that the scope can reach. You have some 20 feet of small intestine.

Have you had an Upper GI w/Small Bowel Follow Thru barium xray? Or CT Enterography? Have you had the Pill Camera Endoscopy?

Crohn's disease can be difficult to Dx. W/your symptoms a colonoscopy is no where sufficient to rule out Crohn's disease, even if biopsies were taken and were considered negative.

The most definitive test would be the Pill Camera Endoscopy. Some insurances will not pay for a PCA as the first diagnostic test for Crohn's disease.

My Crohn's first struck in the mid-ileum in mid-1975. Fortunately, it showed up via the SBFT. It doesn't always. Much relies on the skill of and experience w/recognizing Crohn's disease on the part of the radiologist.

I ended up w/a full obstruction and emergency resection in early 1978. I was Dx'd and had my resection at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN - the leading gastroenterology clinic in the nation. It took more than 20 years for my Crohn's to finally strike the terminal ileum low enough to be detected by colonoscopy.

No one knows your body as well as you do and most certainly no one has a more vested interest in your health than you do. Its up to you to push for more and better answers.

Good luck and God bless.