Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group
Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
I'm not sure what is wrong with me and the more I read on Dr. Google the more concerned I am that I have UC or Crohn's. Here's some background info..
I am a healthy 28 year old female. This past Sunday night I was awakened with horrible cramps and had very bad dirreah most of the night. Finally when it seemed there was nothing left in me, I noticed blood in the toliet bowl and had 3-4 bloody dirreah epsisodes after that. I was concerned and called my primary care doc. She did a rectal exam and a stool sample that was positive for blood. This was on Tuesday. Since then I have not had any more dirreah but have had traces of blood in my BMs. My doc said to wait 7-10 days and do 3 stool samples. I'm then to bring in the stool sample kits and they will test it for blood. If they are positive for blood, she is ordering a colonoscopy.
I know the symptoms of UC are usually bloody dirreah and that's why I'm concerned. Now that things are slowing down, though, I'm also considering that it may be food poisoning. I'm still eating lightly, mainly following the BRAT diet, just to give my body a rest.
I should also mention that I have a grandfather with Crohn's and my dad was recently diagnosed with Colon cancer, hence the reason I freaked out when I saw blood in the toliet bowl.
Any input that any of have would be greatly appreciated!
I am a healthy 28 year old female. This past Sunday night I was awakened with horrible cramps and had very bad dirreah most of the night. Finally when it seemed there was nothing left in me, I noticed blood in the toliet bowl and had 3-4 bloody dirreah epsisodes after that. I was concerned and called my primary care doc. She did a rectal exam and a stool sample that was positive for blood. This was on Tuesday. Since then I have not had any more dirreah but have had traces of blood in my BMs. My doc said to wait 7-10 days and do 3 stool samples. I'm then to bring in the stool sample kits and they will test it for blood. If they are positive for blood, she is ordering a colonoscopy.
I know the symptoms of UC are usually bloody dirreah and that's why I'm concerned. Now that things are slowing down, though, I'm also considering that it may be food poisoning. I'm still eating lightly, mainly following the BRAT diet, just to give my body a rest.
I should also mention that I have a grandfather with Crohn's and my dad was recently diagnosed with Colon cancer, hence the reason I freaked out when I saw blood in the toliet bowl.
Any input that any of have would be greatly appreciated!
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good luck and let us know how your colonoscopy goes
As long as your doctors aren't rushing you to the hospital just breathe deep for now and wait for the test results... good luck!