{"id":194441,"date":"2022-02-08T14:11:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T12:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicare-group.hu\/laboratory-tests\/laboratory-tests-type\/immunological-tests\/laboratory-testing-of-inflammatory-bowel-diseases-asca-iga-igg\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T13:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:19:37","slug":"asca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicare-group.hu\/en\/laboratory-tests\/laboratory-tests-type\/immunological-tests\/asca\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory testing of inflammatory bowel diseases (ASCA IgA\/IgG)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laboratory testing of inflammatory bowel diseases (ASCA IgA\/IgG)<\/h1>\n\t
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The ASCA IgA\/IgG laboratory test is used to examine the immunological involvement of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and to diagnose Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

What is inflammatory bowel disease?<\/h2>\n\t
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Inflammatory bowel disease, also known as IBD, is a condition associated with chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It covers two different conditions, which, however, show similarities in their symptoms and course: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.<\/p>\n

In case of both diseases, inflammatory processes appear following the immune response of the immune system, which leads to the development of symptoms. This immune response is accompanied by the destruction of intestinal cells.<\/p>\n

The characteristic symptoms are the same in the two diseases: abdominal pain, bloody, mucous diarrhoea, bloating, malaise, fever, fatigue. Moreover, both diseases have characteristic, disease-specific symptoms. Complaints occur intermittently in both diseases, with symptomatic and asymptomatic periods.<\/p>\n

The development of the disease requires a complex interaction of several factors: genetic predisposition, environmental factors (stress, diet, medications, sleep), imbalance of the intestinal flora.<\/p>\n

In Hungary, nearly 40-50 thousand people are affected by some form of inflammatory bowel diseases. They can develop at any age, but their occurrence is most common between the ages of 15 and 30 years. What they have in common is that they last a lifetime, but they can be treated well, with the help of which the patient can be asymptomatic.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What do you need to know about Crohn's disease?<\/h2>\n\t
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Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel diseases, a chronic gastrointestinal disease. The immune response given by the patient’s body damages the intestinal mucosa, resulting in inflammation of several sections. It most often affects the last section of the small intestine as well as the first section of the colon, but can develop in any part of the gastrointestinal tract. It mostly occurs not in a coherent way but in spots.<\/p>\n

As a result of the disease, surface lesions occur at first, and then ulcers on the mucous membranes of the gastrointestinal tract. Since the disease affects not only the superficial mucosa but also deeper layers, these ulcers can deepen and converge, causing a number of complications. In severe cases, intestinal perforation may also develop.<\/p>\n

In addition to the general symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea, fatigue, fever), Crohn’s disease is characterized by weight loss and vitamin deficiency, as well as malnutrition. In addition to gastrointestinal complaints, other symptoms such as joint complaints, gallstones, kidney stones, urinary tract infections, eye and skin symptoms may occur.<\/p>\n

The course of the disease varies from individual to individual, and the length of the symptomatic and asymptomatic periods may vary.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n