Colon distended, lower abdominal pain & tenderness left & right side. persistent diarrhea 11 weeks. stools have mucus, some bright red blood on toilet paper. diagnosed with focal active colitis. doc thinks crohns in small intestine. sound accurate?

Need a gastroenterologist . Consider colonoscopy, pill-cam (a pill that has a camera to assess the small intestine) and endoscopy Check for all infectious causes like Giardia, amebiasis, Yersinia, campylobacter, cryptosporidium, Shigella, salmonella, Cyclospora, Shiga- toxin producing E. Coli as well as H pylori 9 from stomach), gallbladder, dysfunction and pancreas -for insufficiency