Patches of inflammation shown on Colonoscopy

[ebjb]

Would patches of inflammation shown on colonoscopy be due to IBS ?  Anybody had this shown on colonoscopy and subsequently diagnosed as IBS rather than Crohn's?

[ebjb]

Thank you Michael - someone had said that IBS doesn't cause inflammation that would be shown on colonoscopy but I thought it may do. I don't take ibuprofen and actually I've never had any bleeding so  perhaps IBS will be the answer. Hope you don't suffer too much with your IBS. Take care

[Anygooddoctorsoutthere]

Yes! and Yes! again.

From my experience bowel inflammation and even bleeding can be either Crohn's or IBS related. As well, I use to take ibuprofen for the pain but I now know that particular anti-inflammatory creates ulcers and bleeding in our intestines! In fact the pictures from a prior year colonoscopy were outright rejected because I had been consuming ibuprofen periodically...

I was diagnosed with Crohn's in the days when no one had decided to invent the catch-all phrase "Intestinal Bowel Syndrome". And after many years with very similar symptoms I now know I have IBS, whatever that actually is.

Hope this helps.

Michael