Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I just read an article from a local hospital publication that featured a new technology called the PillCam. This was exciting news to me and I wanted to share it with all of you. It's a mini camera the size of a pill that you swollow. The tiny camera takes two pictures every second for eight hours, and the 50,000 - 60,000 high-resolution color images are transmitted via high frequency radio waves to a compact recording device that the patient wears on a belt. The images are downloaded from the recorder to a computer workstation where a physician reviews the video results. The cam passes naturally from the body in 24-28 hours. Common uses include locating prospective blood loss that cannot be found by upper endoscopy or colonoscopy, identifying the source of unexplained obdominal pain, and confirming suspicions of inflammatory bowel disease, or Crohn's disease. It is also used for less common problems, such as screening for polyps in the small intestine for patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, Celiac disease, other malabsorption disorders, benign and malignant tumors of the small intestine, vascular disorders and medication related small bowel injury. I have no idea what is would cost but it's certainly worth looking into for those of us that just can't seem to nail the GI problem. , Dad to Jordan, SCD 14 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I've seen this pill on tv (one of the Discover Channels)...it's pretty neat! They actually show you what the cam can see (lovely). I don't remember what the show said it costs, but I imagine it to be expensive since it apparently dissolves in your body. (They don't go back and um...retrieve....it.) --Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 My 5 year old son just underwent his second colonoscopy and also did a " pill cam " to look at his small bowel where we believe he is still having problems. It wasn't too expensive - (about $300.00 I believe) and was a relatively easy experience. We haven't gotten his film back yet but are looking forward to seeing it. he has severe colitis and after three years of intensive diet and medication, is doing extremely well, although we feel we still don't have all the pieces of the puzzle yet. Hopefully the pill cam will help us with this. I recommend anyone interested in this to give Dr. Krigsman a call. sydnee jorgl (mom of Ian, 5 yrs old, ASD) --- wrote: > I just read an article from a local hospital > publication that featured a new technology called > the PillCam. This was exciting news to me and I > wanted to share it with all of you. It's a mini > camera the size of a pill that you swollow. The > tiny camera takes two pictures every second for > eight hours, and the 50,000 - 60,000 high-resolution > color images are transmitted via high frequency > radio waves to a compact recording device that the > patient wears on a belt. The images are downloaded > from the recorder to a computer workstation where a > physician reviews the video results. The cam passes > naturally from the body in 24-28 hours. > > Common uses include locating prospective blood loss > that cannot be found by upper endoscopy or > colonoscopy, identifying the source of unexplained > obdominal pain, and confirming suspicions of > inflammatory bowel disease, or Crohn's disease. It > is also used for less common problems, such as > screening for polyps in the small intestine for > patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, Celiac > disease, other malabsorption disorders, benign and > malignant tumors of the small intestine, vascular > disorders and medication related small bowel injury. > > I have no idea what is would cost but it's certainly > worth looking into for those of us that just can't > seem to nail the GI problem. > > , > Dad to Jordan, SCD 14 months. > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 How big was the pill? He will just poop out the pill, right? I'd be interested to hear what you learn from the results. Carolyn > > > I just read an article from a local hospital > > publication that featured a new technology called > > the PillCam. This was exciting news to me and I > > wanted to share it with all of you. It's a mini > > camera the size of a pill that you swollow. The > > tiny camera takes two pictures every second for > > eight hours, and the 50,000 - 60,000 high-resolution > > color images are transmitted via high frequency > > radio waves to a compact recording device that the > > patient wears on a belt. The images are downloaded > > from the recorder to a computer workstation where a > > physician reviews the video results. The cam passes > > naturally from the body in 24-28 hours. > > > > Common uses include locating prospective blood loss > > that cannot be found by upper endoscopy or > > colonoscopy, identifying the source of unexplained > > obdominal pain, and confirming suspicions of > > inflammatory bowel disease, or Crohn's disease. It > > is also used for less common problems, such as > > screening for polyps in the small intestine for > > patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, Celiac > > disease, other malabsorption disorders, benign and > > malignant tumors of the small intestine, vascular > > disorders and medication related small bowel injury. > > > > I have no idea what is would cost but it's certainly > > worth looking into for those of us that just can't > > seem to nail the GI problem. > > > > , > > Dad to Jordan, SCD 14 months. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 The pill was the size of an e oil jellcap - he pooped it out the next day. Amazing! I will definitely do a posting when we get the results back! --- crdb4532 wrote: > How big was the pill? > > He will just poop out the pill, right? > > I'd be interested to hear what you learn from the > results. > > Carolyn > > > > > > > I just read an article from a local hospital > > > publication that featured a new technology > called > > > the PillCam. This was exciting news to me and I > > > wanted to share it with all of you. It's a mini > > > camera the size of a pill that you swollow. The > > > tiny camera takes two pictures every second for > > > eight hours, and the 50,000 - 60,000 > high-resolution > > > color images are transmitted via high frequency > > > radio waves to a compact recording device that > the > > > patient wears on a belt. The images are > downloaded > > > from the recorder to a computer workstation > where a > > > physician reviews the video results. The cam > passes > > > naturally from the body in 24-28 hours. > > > > > > Common uses include locating prospective blood > loss > > > that cannot be found by upper endoscopy or > > > colonoscopy, identifying the source of > unexplained > > > obdominal pain, and confirming suspicions of > > > inflammatory bowel disease, or Crohn's disease. > It > > > is also used for less common problems, such as > > > screening for polyps in the small intestine for > > > patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, > Celiac > > > disease, other malabsorption disorders, benign > and > > > malignant tumors of the small intestine, > vascular > > > disorders and medication related small bowel > injury. > > > > > > I have no idea what is would cost but it's > certainly > > > worth looking into for those of us that just > can't > > > seem to nail the GI problem. > > > > > > , > > > Dad to Jordan, SCD 14 months. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Dr. Arthur Krigsman at Thoughtful House in Austin, Tx has started using the pill cam on older children who are in the 25% of the kids where he has not found inflammation in the upper and lower GI scopes. His assumption has always been that in those patients, the inflammation is probably located in the small intestine where the traditional scope does not reach. Indeed, the first reports of these kids he has now used the pill cam with is that the pill cam does indeed reveal inflammation in the small intestine. Suzanne > > I've seen this pill on tv (one of the Discover Channels)...it's pretty > neat! They actually show you what the cam can see (lovely). I don't > remember what the show said it costs, but I imagine it to be expensive > since it apparently dissolves in your body. (They don't go back and > um...retrieve....it.) > > --Mel > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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