Sibling with possible IBD

Looks like my brother may join the ranks of us. He is ten years my junior and I am not surprised considering his bathroom habits for the last 12years, but I was hoping it wasn't so. He will gat a colonoscopy in a few weeks after he visits with his family. The big difference is he gats mouth sores, as i'v never really had any. Also my sister get's bouts of them for as long as I can remember but she has absolutely no bowel symptoms. This rises my suspicion of crohns for him. He also has always had vomiting issues which he chalked up to anxiety. This in turn renews my crohns worries about my self as I consider surgery. Anyone know the deal with both IBD's running in one family. I know I have seen it talked about here. Is it possible or would that increas my own chances of having it. My docs are 99% sur I don't, but being a paranoid sickie, I am not as convinced I have never had upper GI stuff or canker sores etc. I wonder about fistulas, but so far know evidence that a mucous stream I get during bowel movements is one. I also worry that I had a bout of. Pyrodera gangrenosum behind my knee five years ago, but doc said no way to tell now and she has seen many. Skin issues unrelated to IBD in patients and non patients. Any way, good thought for my brother, I hope he just has something else. p.S. I have had the upper GI tests too. CT and barium.

My 2-year younger brother was diagnosed 2 years after I was. It was freakish.

I'm sorry to hear about your brother.

Sorry about your brother :(

I have crohn's (which affects my colon mainly- crohn's colitis) and my mom had UC, I got sick with my CD before my mom got sick with her CD.

Don't be concerned about your DX changing to CD in the case that your brother may be DX with it...fact is that either IBD can affect family members. Many of the same extra intestinal manifestations can affect either CD or UC patients...it's really the pattern of inflammation that is indicitive to whether it's UC or CD (and also where all in the GI tract either IBD is affecting---UC is limited to the colon/rectum, where as CD can affect any part of the GI tract from mouth to anus).

Keep us posted about your brother, I hope all goes well.

My dad also has UC and my brother has Crohns. It definitely runs in our family. The upshot is that you can all be super supportive when one of you is in a flare since you all truly know what it's like.