IV Steroids before Endoscopy/Colonoscopy

[RR2020]

Hi all,

After being an inpatient for 2.5 weeks with severe diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain and fever I had a sigmoidoscopy yesterday which showed colitis. Dr’s are still unsure wether this is truly IBD or due to an infection.

I have been started on iv steroids but have been booked in for an endoscopy and colonoscopy to get a full view early next week.

Will this mean the dr’s won’t be able to see the true extent of the inflammation during the camera test as the steroids have already started to work??

I’ve been in hospital now for nearly 3 weeks so I just want to get some answers ASAP!

Thank you for any help in advance.

[SuzyQ67]

The steroids help symptoms, they will not affect your scopes at all. Good luck.

[RR2020 in reply to SuzyQ67]

Hi Suzy,

Thank you so much for your reply. That’s good to know. Hopefully I can get some answers soon.