Tests for bowel diseases?? - Cancer: Colon Message Board

Stacey82 · 08-05-2002, 05:21 PM

I have had bowel problems for about 4 months now so I made a dr. appointment for a Pelvis/abdominal ultrasound.. will this tell the doctor if I have any serious bowel problems like irritable bowel syndrom or colon cancer, etc....
or will she need to do another type of exam??

Mmcginty · 08-05-2002, 09:15 PM

She may need a colonoscopy to determine if she has any problems with her bowels. The ultrasound may not show the whole colon.

Michelle

Jay Tor · 08-07-2002, 02:01 PM

This article lists various gastrointestinal diseases. There are many tests because there are so many possibilities. What usually happens is that the doctors start with the likeliest possibility [diagnosis] and work their way through the list.

NIDDK Health Information Digestive Diseases [url="http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/digest.htm"]http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/digest.htm[/url]