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I have crohn's colitis and my egd showed "inactive chronic gastritis" in my stomach. no h pylori. how do i know if it's crohn's in the stomach or not?

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Dr. M. Hytham Beck answered

Specializes in Surgery

MOST LIKELY IT IS NO: Crohn disease could affect any part of the digestive system from the mouth to the anus saying that very unlikely the gastritis is related to crohn most endoscopist take a biopsy to rule out bacteria like h pylori same time they can rule out crohn as well.

Answered 3/18/2014

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Probably not: It's a great question an one that often stumps gastroenterologists! chronic inactive gastritis is seen on many healthy peoples' egd. It's really non-specific. Crohns of the stomach will usually show active gastritis. So, i think that your pathology is really not indicative of crohns of the stomach.

Answered 5/5/2015

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