can CT or MRI spot small intestine Crohn's?

[Ufrustrated2]

i've had what one doctor labels, IBS for years. now that i have MS, they say that is causing my gastro/intestinal issues.

colonoscopies are mostly neg
a recent endoscopy was neg

no one has looked at my small intestines. my sister had the same results as above, yet when they looked at her small intestines via camera thing she swallowed they found Crohn's and operated.

a recent hip MRI series showed under [other soft tissue]: "shotty bilateral inguinal region lymph nodes appear present without gross lymphadenopathy. Mild colonic diverticulosis may be present"

i don't think my insurance will cover a camera procedure but would a CT or MRI of small intestine show what's going on in that area such as Crohn's or etc?

[coughting]

Ask for the blood test for chrons gene.  But make sure the insurance approves first.
Also, there is a test where you drink barium and the dr. watches it pass through the intestine.  They can tell then if you do have chrons.  It does sound like it.
Surgery is a last resort, but is done when necessary.  I am 4 years out from surgery on my small intestine and am still in remission.  Also, because when they operated they found early cancer, I am alive and well today
Jayne

[KimK1]

I have Crohn's and due to years of steroids (prednisone) have started Osteoporosis. I'm only 54.
Ever calcium supplement I took made  the diarrhea worse.

When I asked the doctor about it, he said stay away from Magnesium...its a natural laxative.

So, I guess I'm confused by your statement.  If I tried this I wouldn't be leaving the bathroom !

How long did you Have Crohn's?  How old when first diagnosed?  How long have you been well?     I also have the same problems with B vitamins.  Ended up for years getting B12 shots instead. (really never noticed any improvement from them)  Used to be able to tolerate Fish oil, now can't even handle that with out running to the bathroom...so so tired of this all.

Thanks,  Kim

[Ufrustrated2]

>>If diahrea worsens after supplementing with 750mg of magnesium a day, then just decrease the magnesium intake to 500mg and keep rotating so that your body store of magnesium can be replenished.    

i have been taking magnesium supplements for years and have found a mg amount that works for me currently in that it helps with the constipation. if i'm in loose stool phase i don't really need to take it but i do.

so, can CT's MRIs show IBD of small intestine or does one require that camera capsule?

[Ufrustrated2]

>>Someone really cut on her small intestine due to Chron's?  

so she told me. they took out a small section. she has felt better and her blood count is back to normal


>Okay, how UNDER-nourished do you look that would lead you  to think that something is wrong with your small intestine?  

some say i'm thin. but i'm about right weight for height. the start of bowel problems started about the same time ms did, 20+ years ago. svere pains in lower right side, groin area at times, as soon as i eat something my my body seems to think i need to go to the bathroom, if i hold it i start sweating a bit and anxiety increases, aternate between very loose/hard constipation, never consistent, had had gastric complaints for years, told its IBS, the pains can get me to bend over at times, odd huge bloating, bizarre amouns of gas, often food doesn't feel like it moves anywhere, etc



>>How fast do you have a BM after you eat something?   Is it Liquid and explosive?

sensation is like as soon as i start eating. if i'm out my system can't seem to go but the strong sensation to go is there.


i have spent a fortune on supplements over the years. i do take the ones you mentioned.

i don't know about proctitis, but will look it up. i've had clean coloscopy and endo but i don't recall anyone looking at small intestines per se. hence why i dropped into this sigth to check it out.

it could be my ms, but i would really like to know "what" this is. so i was wondering what tests like CT or MRI can spot small intestine issues like chron's/colitis/IBD's?

thanks

[utilaman]

Note:

If diahrea worsens after supplementing with 750mg of magnesium a day, then just decrease the magnesium intake to 500mg and keep rotating so that your body store of magnesium can be replenished.    This can take years to accomplish so you may want to look at a more absorbable form of magnesium like magnesium citrate in powder form.....


In my case I had explosive diahrea for more than 15 years on a weekly basis which depleted my body's store of magnesium and led to me developing Proctitis  


Go here and read....see excerpt below on magnesium which is needed by your body for more than 300 biological reactions to occur.   YOU GET DIABETES TOO IF YOUR TOTAL BODY MAGNESIUM IS LOW.   Low total body magnesium cannot be assertained by a blood test sot DO NOT WASTE MONEY AND TIME seeing a doctor to get it tested in your blood.   The test is just measuring the 1%  of magnesium that is in extra-cellular space or blood.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FDN/is_3_8/ai_107835435/pg_15/
Magnesium

Magnesium deficiency is prevalent in UC patients, but whether it is a result of disease via malabsorption and intestinal loss, or a causative factor from decreased intake remains unclear. In a dietary history study of 54 UC patients, high magnesium intake was shown to reduce the risk of inflammatory bowel disease, suggesting an association between low pre-illness dietary intakes and subsequent development of UC. (65) Another study demonstrated that in 46 newly diagnosed UC patients, serum magnesium concentrations were significantly lower than in controls, suggesting a possible etiological role for magnesium deficiency. (97) Despite sometimes-normal serum magnesium levels, intracellular magnesium concentrations are frequently low in UC patients. (109)

Linus pauling Oregon StateU.
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/minerals/magnesium/
If magnesium were a drug being sold by some pharmaceutical company, then sales of it would be higher than the cholesterol lowering drugs in my opinion due to the constant barage of ads on TV stating all the benefits and diasease you DON'T GET if you  take it daily.

[utilaman]

Someone really cut on her small intestine due to Chron's?  

Okay, how UNDER-nourished do you look that would lead you  to think that something is wrong with your small intestine?  

How fast do you have a BM after you eat something?   Is it Liquid and explosive?

Okay, since your GI tract is malfunctioning and NONE of your doctors have been able to tell you why, I say that YOU desperately need to get your body supplemented as quickly as possible.   Swanson.com or walmart or any other company selling supplements have Magnesium, B-vitamins, Niacinamide or Niacin (this is B3), and others like omega-3, but focus on the magnesium, niacin and B-vitamins to get better.............. Now, your GI tract is not normal so you get very little nutrients from the foods you eat like the rest of people here with Chrons and UC.    The evidence of this is how fast your meal travels through you so little get absorbed into the small intestine.....Magnesium and b-vitmain deficiency is the reason the malfunction is occurring so you will have to supplement with at least 750mg magnesium and supplements like B100 from Swanson and 1 grm of Niacin or Niacinamide.

google:  magnesium heart or magnesium chron's and you'll find stuff like how it relates to MS like here....
http://www.nhfw.info/magnesium.html

This takes time, but you will get better just like I did because I am the only person I know who has cured Proctitis.   Proctitis is just Chron's which is INFLAMMATION affecting the colon or rectum area........Remember your GI is NOT Normal so you have to take 3x or more supplements than someone who is normal.    Take the B100 from Swanson, it says take 1 pill a day-you on the other hand should probably take 3 pills a day because most of it will probably just go through your GI tract anyway.   and do the same with the magnesium and niacin for at Least 6 months then comeback to my profile and send me a message on how you've improved.