push enteroscopy &crohn's ?s

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I am having a push enteroscopy tomorrow. Can anyone tell me if they

are much different than having a regular

endoscopy ? I know they use a longer scope to see more of (maybe the

entire ?) small bowel and that I have to have a stronger conscious

sedation so I don't 'fight them' when they do the procedure. I had a

capsule endoscopy a while ago that showed polyps or ? in my small

bowel and my new GI dr is highly suspicious of crohn's for me. I have

had problems with GI bleeding- have very low iron, ferretin,

hemoglobin...(My son is the one with PSC)

What exactly are they looking for to say definitively if I have

crohn's ? biopsies ?

thanks in advance

Lori

lucky mom blessed with wonderfully wild triplets