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The surgeon did a culture test for my abscess. The bacteria in it is MRSA. I am just a "normal" 28 year old - well, with a weakened immune system. How in the heck would I have gotten MRSA?!? All I do is work (call center) & hang out at my apartment basically. Would a MRSA abscess still possibly...

Do abscesses mean that my Crohn's is flaring again? I'm not having any other symptoms. Like i said, I thought I've been in remission.

It was an abscess. I kind of figured that out once it started increasing in size and getting mega painful. I went in to a surgeon and had it cut open & drained. That surgical procedure was AWFUL. The surgeon only used local anesthesia. He injected a shot of novocain, and without even waiting and...

I'm guessing, based on what i've read, that it's an abscess. It has swollen even bigger in the past 2 days. It's very tender to the touch and has suddenly become VERY painful. I had to take a hydrocodone to be able to sleep last night. It hurts to sit, move, anything. Waiting on my dr to call...

I was diagnosed with Crohn's a few years ago but went into remission. Haven't had a follow up but will be getting one with an IBD specialist in mid-November. But this week I noticed that I have a lump inside my rectum. I can't tell exactly how big it is -- maybe the size of a marble. It's a...