perianal crohns disease activity index
By Kyle Wayne

                            During my initial doctor visit when I found out I had Crohn’s disease the doctor asked me a series of questions and informed me that this would assist him in diagnosing my disorder. He talked about a series of test that are done with groups of people  with the assesement of the perianal crohns disease activity index or CDAI. He said this to me kind of jokingly but now that I know my doctor the way that I do he was trying to educate me on the afficlition I was facing. It turns out that the perianal crohns disease activity index is a series of symptoms used to identify the severity of the problem when it comes to Crohn’s disease. It is very  common index to use in the indetifacation process. The perianal crohns disease activity index has eight variables that make up the CDAI.  These variables include the number of liquid or soft stools , abdominal pain and cramping, general well-being, extraintestinal manifestations, complications with deficating, abdominal mass, use of anti diariah medications, hematocrit, and body weight. They add up the scoring in the perianal crohns disease acitivity index to a total score of 600. The higher the score the worse of the patient is. Typically scores higher





































than 450 on the perianal crohns disease activity index are indicating sever illness and scores less than 150 are showing remission. Some of the requirements the doctor was telling me about this test are that  they need a full medical history, routine laboratory analyses, complete physical examination. He asked me if I wanted to take place in a test such as this after six months of being diagnosed of Crohns’ disease. Understanding that this was just a basic test of simple questions that would help the doctor identify the severity of my condition with the perianal crohns disease activity index

It’s funny to me that something that sounds so complex as a perianal crohns disease activity index can be really just a simple set of variables, eight in fact with a score attributed to each one to determine the severity of the Crohns diseaes.

 

Oh yeah the book listed below has been a great help to me in the recent months. I have a few friends in support groups for I.B.S that recommended it to me. Take a look!