Presentation
The GI challenge IBS, GI cancers, CD, and IBD can all present with varying patterns of similar GI symptoms. [thermofisher.com]
Diagnosis and Assessment of Crohn's Disease: The Present and the Future. Medscape Today News from Expert Rev GastroenterolHepatol. v4(6):757-766. [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/734492. [labtestsonline.it]
Entire Body System
- Anemia
About Gastrointestinal Disease Abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, iron-deficiency anemia, and other malabsorption symptoms1,2 are just some of the many symptoms that can make differentiating between gastrointestinal (GI) conditions difficult and frustrating [thermofisher.com]
- Inflammation
[…] serological testing can be used to help differentiate between GI conditions, potentially reducing the time to diagnosis.12,13,15,17,21-23 These tests can be used to help support the ruling in or ruling out of possible conditions, confirm the presence of inflammation [thermofisher.com]
- Weight Loss
Biopsies The potential for GI cancer should prompt referral to secondary care in patients that present the following red flag symptoms: Abdominal masses A family history of ovarian cancer Rectal masses Anemia Rectal bleeding Unintentional and unexplained weight [thermofisher.com]
- Pain
About Gastrointestinal Disease Abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, iron-deficiency anemia, and other malabsorption symptoms1,2 are just some of the many symptoms that can make differentiating between gastrointestinal (GI) conditions difficult and frustrating [thermofisher.com]
Gastrointestinal
- Diarrhea
About Gastrointestinal Disease Abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, iron-deficiency anemia, and other malabsorption symptoms1,2 are just some of the many symptoms that can make differentiating between gastrointestinal (GI) conditions difficult and frustrating [thermofisher.com]
Diagnostic Accuracy of Fecal Calprotectin Assay in Distinguishing Organic Causes of Chronic Diarrhea from Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Prospective Study in Adults and Children. Clinical Chemistry 49:6 861–867. [labtestsonline.it]
- Abdominal Pain
About Gastrointestinal Disease Abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, iron-deficiency anemia, and other malabsorption symptoms1,2 are just some of the many symptoms that can make differentiating between gastrointestinal (GI) conditions difficult and frustrating [thermofisher.com]
Skin
- Ulcer
Ulcerative colitis. Symptoms and Causes. Mayo Clinic. Published 2020. [abbvie.be]
Ulcerative Colitis. Medscape Reference article. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/183084-overview. Accessed Sep 2012 [labtestsonline.it]
NICE pathways – Ulcerative colitis. http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/ulcerative-colitis. Accessed November 2017. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Irritable bowel syndrome in adults (QS114). 2016. [thermofisher.com]
Neurologic
- Irritability
Irritable Bowel Syndrome. June 2015. www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs114/documents/irritable-bowel-syndrome-in-adults-qs-briefing-paper2. Accessed November 2017 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. [thermofisher.com]
Diagnostic Accuracy of Fecal Calprotectin Assay in Distinguishing Organic Causes of Chronic Diarrhea from Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Prospective Study in Adults and Children. Clinical Chemistry 49:6 861–867. [labtestsonline.it]
Workup
Colonoscopy
- Colitis
Consulté le 27/04/2022. [3] Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. The Facts about Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Published November 2014. [abbvie.be]
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.ccfa.org/info/about/Crohns. Accessed on 7-30-08. (© 2008). About Ulcerative Colitis &Proctitis. [labtestsonline.it]
NICE pathways – Ulcerative colitis. http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/ulcerative-colitis. Accessed November 2017. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Irritable bowel syndrome in adults (QS114). 2016. [thermofisher.com]
Treatment
Celiac disease: Prevalence, diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment. World J Gastroenterol. 2012;18(42):6036-6059. Husby S, Koletzko S, Korponay-Szabó IR, et al. [thermofisher.com]
Inflammatory bowel disease treatment and management. Medscape Reference. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/179037-treatment#d11. Accessed 8/3/2016. (2016 July). Inflammatory Bowel Disease – IBD. ARUP Consult. [labtestsonline.it]
Illuminating an Invisible Epidemic: A Systemic Review of the Clinical and Economic Benefits of Early Diagnosis and Treatment in Inflammatory Disease and Related Syndromes. [abbvie.be]
Epidemiology
“Epidemiology of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review of international trends”. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2011; 17 (1), 423–439. Castro M., Papadatou B., Baldassare M., Balli F. et al. [ragazzicoraggiosi.it]
Epidemiology of the IBD. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/ibd/ibd-epidemiology.htm. Accessed 8/3/2016. Basson, M., et al. (2015 November 18). Ulcerative Colitis. Medscape. [labtestsonline.it]
Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/ibd/ibd-epidemiology.htm. Accessed 8/3/2016. Basson, M., et al. (2015 November 18). Ulcerative Colitis. Medscape. [labtestsonline.it]