‘Body changes up to eight years before inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis’
The findings suggest the beginnings of inflammatory bowel diseases start a long time before symptoms occur (Simon Dawson/PA)
Changes in the body can be detected up to eight years before inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis, research suggests.
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Aalborg University in Denmark have shown that changes can appear in blood tests up to three years before a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, and up to eight years before a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease.
