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Posted 12/15/2011 3:45 AM (GMT 0)
Okay new to this, year and half ago I was diagnosed with pancolitois, but kept having stomach pain and had a endscopy which lead to gastritis and duodenitis. I am wondering how common it is for UC people to have these upper GI inflammations?

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Posted 12/15/2011 3:57 AM (GMT 0)
All I can tell you is that when I had my scopes done in the ER, when I was diagnosed with UC, the GI said I had some gastritis. I've always wondered what the implication of that was...as I tend to think it means something, but I've had no luck finding out myself.

Recently I have been getting really suspicious about my reaction to wheat though.
Posted 12/15/2011 2:24 PM (GMT 0)
I have had similar issues. My first diagnosis was proctitis. My 2nd scope showed inflammation in the rectum and cecum. My 3rd scope, which included an EGD, showed gastritis, esophagitis, proctitis and ileitis. None of my GIs have ever gotten pathology results that were definitive for Crohn's or UC.

My first treatment protocol was Asacol + rowasa, which helped but did not fully resolve my problems. After my 2nd scope I increased the Asacol. Before my 3rd scope I switched to Pentasa, assuming there was inflammation in the small bowel, and felt a lot better. After my 3rd scope I added a ppi, Nexium, which helped a lot.

But much later, just this past summer, I eliminated gluten and resolved a whole host of issues. I stopped using Pentasa recently and switched to colazal, due to side effects of Pentasa, but so far I haven't had any return of symptoms indicating small bowel inflammation.

Sometimes this is all very confusing.
Posted 12/15/2011 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
It's not uncommon for people with UC and even "normal" (non-IBDers) to have gastritis or duodenitis etc. You'll have to speak to your GI about what they think and I suggest you look it up on pubmed, it's been written about. The main issue being that they type of inflammation does not indicate Crohn's and the inflammation in the colon indicates UC. But then it's quite possible for anyone with UC to in fact have CD and not know until later.
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