Could I have IBD/Crohn's Disease?I was diagnosed with IBS when I was 16 after a horrible bout of chronic diarrhea and pain. 10 years later my problems have gotten from worse to severe. Last summer I was hospitalized with gastritis, and had it off and on for the past year. I recently read that gastritis can be a complication of IBD. Since then my intestinal pain gets so bad that I can't walk and I nearly faint. I have had periods of violent vomiting attacks, incontinence and unexplained abdominal pain. A month ago I noticed I was having UTI symptoms and right rib pain, vomiting, chills and fever along with the worst intestinal pain yet. I was treated for a kidney infection, but the symptoms continued without infection. I found lots of information about IBD causing UTIs and rib pan. I'm starting to think that my IBS is BS and I really am having complications from inflammatory bowel disease. I think it runs in my family and might explain why my family has problems with kidney stones, gall stones and liver problems along with chronic diarrhea. Does this sound like IBD?
I've had dark stools and anal bleeding with outside inflammation, but after a rectal exam showed no blood.
Posted by abijann
The only way to know for sure is to have a
regular colonoscopy done. They can see the lining of the
colon (large intestines) to see if you might have
ulcerative colitis. If you do have this, the stools
may have mucus in them.
http://www.gihealth.com/html/test/colonoscopy.html
They now have a pill that you can take that has
a camera inside of it and it will record the whole
intestines, so they can see if you have Crohns disease.
http://www.gihealth.com/html/test/given.html
A gastroenterologist should be doing the testing for
this.
If you are constipated some of the time
and have outside inflammation, you may have hemmoroids.
Those who have inflammatory bowel disease can have
a problem that occurs with their bile ducts. However,
stone formation starts in the gallbladder and then moves
into the ducts. Gallstones can lead to liver damage if
the stone is in the ducts and blocks the flow of bile so
that the bile backs up into the liver.
Hope this information is of some help. Best wishes
Posted by mstess
My daughter suffered from chronic diarrhea, along with bloating and stomach pain from the time she was about 12 until about 6 months ago. (She's now 29) The Dr had told her she had IBS. A term used when no other cause can be found. After alot of different diets and tests and no problems found, the Internist opted to try her on a medication. As a last resort he thought that her liver possibly made too much bile. It's most common in people who have had their gallbladder removed, however my daughter still has her gallbladder. She started taking the medication every morning ( a powder you mix with juice or water) the first day she started taking it, was the last day she ever had the runs. It was something so simple, but something Dr's seldom ever check for. She's been on the medication since April, and no problems at all.
Posted by Only God can judge.
this sounds more like kidney stones with IBS, quite terrible symptoms, you need to go to a new hospital because i think that doctors are misdiagnosing you.
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