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My mom is now under the care of my Doc and is having a colonoscopy today to remove the remaining polyps. Doc said anyone with polyps should have colonscopy every 2 years. I also was told that with Crohns, if you have had disease for 8 years or more they want more frequent colonoscopies I assume every other year.
Find out more about the tools used to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease. In this WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore video, the segment of the show The Womanâs Hour is dedicated to Crohnâs disease. Dr. Matilda Hagan explains that Crohnâs disease is difficult to diagnose because its common symptomsâdiarrhea and stomach painsâare present in so many other diseases. To reach a diagnosis, patients must undergo a colonoscopy and an endoscopy.