- Distinguish by biopsy
- Microscopic Colitis [rare] requires biopsy of normal mucosa]
- Weight Loss
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Fevers
- Elevated Sed Rate (ESR)
- Anemia (iron deficiency OR anemia of chronic disease)
- Family Hx of IBD
- Oligoarthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Eye Pain (iritis, episcleritis, scleritis)
- Erythema nodusum
- Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase
- Aphthous ulcers
See posting Chronic Diarrhea.
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