Last week, I had my first intestinal ultrasound (IUS). I had been very nervous the last month getting ready to go in for IUS as I’ve been having weird gut symptoms the last few months. My ileoscopy has been scheduled for 3 months out, so my doctor and I decided it might be best to have an IUS done in the meantime. What is IUS you ask? It is a modality that can visualize bowel inflammation, thickening, and fistula tracts in addition to taking a look at severity and extent of inflammation. It doesn’t require bowel prep or gross contrast (!!), it’s not invasive, results can be discussed in real…
Crohn's, Disease Prevention, health equity, Intestinal Ultrasound, living with IBD, Ostomy, Ulcerative Colitis
