If you suffer fromulcerative colitisorCrohn's disease，你想要安全有效的缓解。我们全国公认的胃肠道医生和结肠直肠外科医生专门从事IBD，他们了解您的不舒服如何影响您的日常生活。
We offer diagnostic tests that require specialized training, practice, and technology, such as deep enteroscopy (single and double balloon enteroscopy), video capsule endoscopy ("pill camera"), andCT和Enterography- 所有非常先进，最微创技术都没有广泛可用。
With your very first call to us, our dedicated IBD Coordinator will take your history, obtain your referral information, make sure you meet with the right specialist, as soon as possible. Our team of surgeons, gastroenterologists, radiologists, nutritionists, and other specialists will work together to provide you with a personalized treatment plan that is best for your unique symptoms. We make communicating with you, your other physicians, and each other a priority.
Diagnosing IBD at Penn State Health
炎症性肠病,包括ulcerative colitisandCrohn's disease, may occur at any age, affecting both children and adults. Making a diagnosis of IBD can sometimes be difficult, as there is not always one single test to determine if you have one of these conditions. Our doctors, surgeons, and radiologists have the most advanced and minimally invasive tools at their fingertips, providing you with an accurate understanding of your condition and a personalized plan for treatment.
Diagnostic tests for your IBD may include:
- Blood and stool tests to check for evidence of infections, anemia, inflammation, or malnutrition
- Upper Endoscopy: A visual exam of the esophagus (swallowing tube), stomach, and first part of the small intestine using a thin, lighted tube with a camera at the end.
- 小肠内窥镜检查: Also known as deep enteroscopy (single or double balloon enteroscopy), is a procedure that can allow advancement of a long endoscope through the entire small intestine for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
- Video capsule endoscopy uses an ingestible, pill-sized device that takes pictures as it travels through your digestive tract. The pill camera can provide a valuable road map to an area of suspected Crohn's disease. Our doctors can then use deep enteroscopy to get to this location.
- Colonoscopy：使用冒号镜进行结肠的完整考试
- Chromoendoscopy: An imaging test that uses a dye during an endoscopy to enhance the detection of precancerous cells in colitis patients
- CT和Enterography: Magnetic resonance (MR) enterography is a minimally invasive imaging test that uses a magnetic field (not radiation) to obtain detailed pictures of your small bowel to pinpoint areas of inflammation (swelling and irritation), bleeding, and other small bowel conditions. Computed tomography (CT) enterography is a quick, accurate, and painless noninvasive procedure. This procedure combines x-rays with a contrast material to help our radiologists see the inside of your intestine with great accuracy.