Hi all
Not been on for a while - was diagnosed with Crohn's in October 2010 after suffering for 3 months with diarrhoea, tiredness, piles etc etc.
After being diagnosed I was put on Prednisone and Azathioprine and within a matter of weeks I was well again. Was tapered off the Preds and am now just taking 200mg of Aza per day and up until recently I was doing fine.
Over the last couple of months I've had these nightly episodes which seem to be happening around every 10 or so days. I will go to bed feeling fine and then wake up at 3am - 4am with a terrible stomach / abdominal pain. It feels a little like severe indigestion, burning, sore, aching pain that keeps me up all through the night. Nothing seems to work in getting rid of the pain - indegestion tablets, gaviscon etc, nothing works. Eventually the pain goes around 10 hours later. However this weekend it occured but was much more intense and lasted nearly 24 hours. I was on the verge of going to A&E but decided to try and see it through. A couple of days later I'm still feeling a little tender but I'm much better. There doesn't seem to be any reason I can put my finger on for these flare ups, i'm trying to catalogue what I eat on the days it happenes, but it seems unrelated.
I'm going to the toilet regularly and there is nothing unusual.
I'm going to see my GP this week but I was wondering whether anyone else has experienced any symptoms like this, or whether this is not Crohn's related at all?
Not been on for a while - was diagnosed with Crohn's in October 2010 after suffering for 3 months with diarrhoea, tiredness, piles etc etc.
After being diagnosed I was put on Prednisone and Azathioprine and within a matter of weeks I was well again. Was tapered off the Preds and am now just taking 200mg of Aza per day and up until recently I was doing fine.
Over the last couple of months I've had these nightly episodes which seem to be happening around every 10 or so days. I will go to bed feeling fine and then wake up at 3am - 4am with a terrible stomach / abdominal pain. It feels a little like severe indigestion, burning, sore, aching pain that keeps me up all through the night. Nothing seems to work in getting rid of the pain - indegestion tablets, gaviscon etc, nothing works. Eventually the pain goes around 10 hours later. However this weekend it occured but was much more intense and lasted nearly 24 hours. I was on the verge of going to A&E but decided to try and see it through. A couple of days later I'm still feeling a little tender but I'm much better. There doesn't seem to be any reason I can put my finger on for these flare ups, i'm trying to catalogue what I eat on the days it happenes, but it seems unrelated.
I'm going to the toilet regularly and there is nothing unusual.
I'm going to see my GP this week but I was wondering whether anyone else has experienced any symptoms like this, or whether this is not Crohn's related at all?
