Abcess

[donna martinez]

abcess

anyone that has ever had an abcess, how did you know. when i was diagnosed the biopsy said i had an abcess but the doctor said not to worry because the one they found was at a microscopic level. now my bottom hurts but inside and feels sore and like there is something in there.

 

[Sophia]

Sorry to hear you are in pain, Donna! Have you never felt that kind of pain before? Maybe someone in this forum knows what it could be?

I also just found out that I have abscesses (read my journal), but my doctor never told me this. I have to ask him next time I see him what the consequences are, and if they are small or big.

Hope you're feeling better soon!

 

[Donna1]

Hi Donna: I had a very large abscess to the right of my belly button, the pain was so bad that I was admitted to the hospital and put on Morphine. I had a drain put in which I had for about 3 months and then they removed the abcess, my appendics and 8" from my Ileum( I was pregnant and they wanted to wait until I was 6 months along) The pain was so unbearable I could not even walk. The worst pain I have ever had. I was told the abscess formed due to a leak in the Ileaum so I guess that is why the abscess grew so fast and was so painful. It soulds like your abcess is very tiny and I hope for you that it goes away on its own.

 

[dreamintwilight]

My story is much like Donna's. I had an abscess in the lower right quadrant of my abdomen. That was actually how I ended up getting diagnosed with Crohn's. I had abdominal pain starting last summer that got progressively unbearable by December. I couldn't eat anything without hurting and sleep was impossible. By the time I made it to the ER I could barely walk upright and every little bump in the car on the way there was killer. Mine was the size of a baseball.

I would imagine having abscesses in the rectal area would be even more uncomfortable if they were really bad since you put pressure on that area any time you sit down.

I would mention any new pains to your doctor. Better safe than sorry. If an abscess bursts that can cause sepsis, which is not a good thing at all. Did your doctor say if you were going to be treated at all for the abscess so it doesn't progress into anything worse?

 

[MikeinBklyn]

Get it checked out by a colon-rectal doc asap.

My abscess started out with hemeroid symtoms but got worse over time, until it bloomed in to a fistula. You don't want that to happen.