Can Crohn's disease be seen on a CT scan?

Written by Huang Gang
Gastroenterology
Updated on November 05, 2024
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Crohn's disease cannot be determined solely by CT scans. A CT scan can be used to assess the general situation, which should then be combined with personal clinical symptoms, routine stool tests, and ideally, colonoscopy and blood tests to make an accurate diagnosis. Crohn's disease is an idiopathic disease, currently thought to be related to genetic factors, and inevitably linked to individual immune factors and dietary habits. A definitive diagnosis can be made through colonoscopy and pathological examination. Care should be taken to avoid consuming raw, cold, hard, spicy, and irritating foods.

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Can people with Crohn's disease drink yogurt?

Patients with Crohn's disease can drink milk. Crohn's disease is an inflammatory lesion that occurs in the intestines, where the absorption and digestion functions are impaired. Drinking some yogurt appropriately can help the intestinal absorption function and assist in digestion. Due to the impaired absorption function of the intestines, symptoms such as fever and lowered immune function may occur. At this time, patients need to enhance their nutrition. The dietary principle should focus on eating smaller, more frequent meals that are high in nutrition and low in fat, such as lean meats, egg products, meat products, milk, and fish. It is also important to consume more vegetables to supplement vitamins, such as Chinese yam, carrots, and fresh green vegetables, and to ensure plenty of rest.

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Differential Diagnosis between Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohn's Disease

Intestinal tuberculosis often exhibits symptoms of extraintestinal tuberculosis, whereas Crohn's disease generally does not show signs of extraintestinal tuberculosis. Recurrence of intestinal tuberculosis is not common, whereas Crohn's disease has a longer duration and alternates between remission and relapse. Fistulas, abdominal abscesses, and perianal lesions are relatively rare in intestinal tuberculosis, but Crohn's disease may involve fistulas, abdominal masses, and perianal lesions. Tuberculin skin tests may be positive in patients with intestinal tuberculosis, while in Crohn's disease patients, the test may show a weakly positive result. After antituberculosis treatment, symptoms in patients with intestinal tuberculosis can significantly improve, whereas there is no significant improvement in symptoms in Crohn's disease patients following antituberculosis treatment. Furthermore, histopathological examination in patients with intestinal tuberculosis may reveal Mycobacterium tuberculosis and caseous necrosis. In contrast, Crohn's disease patients show negative results for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pathologic testing and do not exhibit caseous necrosis.

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Crohn's disease is called for short what

Crohn's disease is abbreviated as CD in English, and it is also known as segmental enteritis, localized enteritis, or granulomatous ileocolitis. The clinical symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, intestinal obstruction, fever, and nutritional disorders. It can affect organs such as the joints, skin, and liver. Complications can often include intestinal obstruction, malabsorption, acute perforation, and rectal bleeding. Clinically, it can be diagnosed through routine blood tests, blood gas analysis, colonoscopy, barium enema, CT scans, etc. Dietary guidelines generally include eating smaller, more frequent meals and a low-fat diet. The treatment principle is a combination of medication and surgery.

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Can people with Crohn's disease eat fish?

Patients with Crohn's disease can eat fish, as it is delicate and delicious, and contains rich protein that provides nutrition. Patients with Crohn's disease should adhere to a diet that is light, nutritious, and easy to digest, consuming more green vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes, broccoli, and cabbage. It is also appropriate to increase nutrition, since Crohn's disease is a consumptive disease, and insufficient nutritional supplementation can lead to further weight loss. However, it is essential to avoid overly greasy and spicy foods and to pay attention to dietary hygiene.

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Can people with Crohn's disease eat eggs?

Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease, and patients can eat eggs. The principle of the diet is to eat small meals frequently and keep it low in fat, eating more vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, and yams. Avoid cold, spicy, and gas-producing foods such as chili peppers, radishes, leeks, and soy products. Crohn's disease can easily affect joints, skin, and other organs, and the course of the disease tends to be recurrent and is not easy to cure completely. The current treatment principle primarily involves medication combined with surgical treatment to prevent complications, with a focus on rest, a high-nutrition, low-fat diet, and correcting electrolyte imbalances.