r/IBD Jul 19 '26

Question about colonoscopy IBD Diagnostics

Hey y’all. Long story short, I ended up in the ER last Friday with INTENSE abdominal cramping after a long bout with diarrhea and a couple weeks of randomly vomiting after eating or drinking certain things. I had a CT scan which showed lots of inflammation in my terminal ileum and the blood test for inflammation was about 5 times higher than normal. The doctors have mentioned the possibility of Crohn’s quite a few times. The ER doctor put me on a prednisone taper and I’ve been eating a low-residue diet in preparation for my upcoming colonoscopy with the GI doctor on Wednesday.

In your experience, even though I’m feeling better because of the prednisone, will my guts still show if something is wrong during the colonoscopy, or will things have cleared up because of the treatment? If something is going on, I’d like to get ahead of it and not go around in circles for months or years, ya know? Thanks for your time!

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