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    Worried about being forced to have another scope

    Despite having minimal symptoms since being on mesalasine, my nurse asked me to do a calprotectin level and said if it is over 50, I will have to have another colonoscopy and go on 6mps. Is this the done thing? I was only diagnosed in March and had a colonoscopy then which showed mild/moderate...
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    Not feeling good after appointment

    I went for my first appointment with the nurse today and it was a little unsettling. All my symptoms are pretty much okay aside from some rectal soreness and slightly sore stomach. They asked for a stool test and said if it comes back over 50, I will have to be put on Aza. I know it won't come...
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    Questions about outpatient appointments

    I am a little confused as to why I have received two appointments next month. One is to see a nurse and the next week is to see a consultant. I have already been diagnosed with pancolitis and had a colonoscopy. My questions are: 1. Why do I have two appointments and how do they differ? 2. How...
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    Can I take paracetamol?

    I got diagnosed with IBD last week and was prescribed melsazine and prednisone steroids. Although the urgency and diarrhoea have stopped, I am still getting intestinal aching which can get pretty intense. Am I ok to take paracetamol (Or another painkiller?) alongside it all?
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    Fistula before being diagnosed?

    I started with stomach cramps which left me only to be replaced by diarrhoea which turned bloody for a few days then returned to normal colour back in October. It went away for a while before I got hit with another 2 week bout of diarrhoea again over Christmas. Once again it has stopped but I...
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    How long are your flare ups?

    Undiagnosed at the moment but my first lasted 3 weeks almost to the day and was very severe and my second was for 2 weeks straight, again, almost to the day.
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    Did your IBD come on suddenly or gradually?

    I am as yet undiagnosed but had what I think was my first flare last year. Started with a migraine, an episode of loose stools, tugging tummy cramps for a few days which then stopped followed by vile, vile smelling gas and explosive diarrhoea. The diarrhoea also turned bloody for a few days then...
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    Was this my first flare?

    I am 32, never had much in the way of UC symptoms before October last year. It started with vile smelling gas, a migraine and an episode of loose stools. I then started getting weird tugging tummy type cramps. That went then I had diarrhoea. For four of these days the diarrhoea turned...
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    Terrified of probable crohns diagnosis

    I am 32 years old and never experienced any real gastro issues until October last year. I started with vile smelling gas and tugging, crampy tummy pain. The pain went off but it led to a diarrhoea accident in public. This then led to 2 weeks of diarrhoea and on four of these days the diarrhoea...
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    Worried I have IBD/Crohns

    I am 32 years of age. Always had a delicate stomach but never suffered with vomiting or diarrhoea. Can probably count on one hand the number of times I have had either of them and have never had stomach cramps either. This October I came down with what I thought was a bug. It started with a...
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