BAD IBD

Expert opinion

Dr Jordi Guardiola

Head of the Department of Digestive Diseases, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Guardiola

Is bile acid diarrhoea underdiagnosed in patients with Crohn’s disease?

 

Definitely, yes. Unfortunately for patients with Crohn’s disease, there is a poor relationship between their symptoms and intestinal inflammation, and a considerable proportion of patients’ present symptoms that are not due to the inflammation but rather to bile acid diarrhoea. These patients could benefit from this diagnosis.

Job number: JB57410GBk(1) Date of Preparation: June 2020

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