Crohn’s disease
| Description | Basic evaluation: Full blood count, ESR or CRP, sodium, potassium. Gamma-GT, AP, ferritin, folic acid, vitamin B12, methylmalonic acid, vitamin D, immune-globulins Immunology: ANCA (atypical ANCA; BPI-antibodies), antibodies against saccharomyces cerevisiae, pancreas-acinus-epithelium-autoantibodies Stool evaluations: Stool examination, cultures for general germs, blood (hemoccult or immunological) Securing of diagnosis: Coloscopy and histology Please also refer to sections “malabsorption, diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis, AIDS” |
