Would A Colonoscopy Show Cd?

[CMCM]

I had my first colonoscopy about 6 months ago, everything was fine. My questionl is, if there were villi damage from possible celiac disease, would the doctor who did the colonoscopy see it, or if he saw it would he know what was going on and alert me? Or since he wasn't looking for this, would it escape his notice or would it be really noticeable and he would have commented on it? Just wondering...

[mightymorg]

A colonoscopy won't show villi damage due to celiac disease, but a biopsy during an endoscopy (inspecting the small intestine) might...it can rule it in, but you could have celiac disease even without a positive biopsy. That's what I've gathered...hth!

[lizzy]

hi i had a colonoscopy done and it didnt show celiac disease either infact my celiac disease is so far in a corner in my small intestine that the camera cant get that far over but on a ct scan its shows it up liz

[Carriefaith]

If they go far enough, they can get biopsies of the small intestine during a colonoscopy; however, the biopsies are at the end of the small intestine where there would probably be little villi damage. Villi damage usually occurs near the first part of the small intestine and an endoscopy is the best procedure to obtain a biopsy of this region.

[lovegrov]

You need an endoscopy.

richard