Reply to "Veteran Pouch, now Crohn's"

Jan DollarModerator, RN, retired

Yeah, but no matter how sure you are you hace UC at the time of surgery, it could still be Crohn's that just has not manifested outside of the colon....yet! It can show up decades later. Just like my arthritis did!

There is one thing that you may be able use: if smoking tended to be protective when you had a colon, more likely it was UC. If not, or worsened your disease, more likely to be Crohn's. But even that is not consistent. They just cannot rule out Crohn's with any certainty.

Jan

9/14/126:52 PM

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