Pay Attention to Early Diagnosis and Management of Crohn’s Disease / 胃肠病学

ABSTRACT

Crohn’s disease( CD)is a chronic,progressive and destructive intestinal inflammatory disease, frequently associated with tissue and functional damage in intestinal tract. There is no specific clinical feature at its early stage,30% ~ 50% of the patients are associated with various complications at the time of diagnosis and are quite difficult to cure. Opportunistic screening performed in high risk population is a valuable strategy for early finding(pre-lesion of CD) and early diagnosis( CD without complication). Colonoscopy and screening of serum and fecal markers might be the methods for early diagnosis. Early treatment may alter the natural history of the disease.