Hi,
I hope I’m posting this in the correct place, so I apologise if not!
I’m looking for a bit of advice really.
I’m 29 years old and I’ve suffered from abdominal pain for ten years plus. I’ve been under a gynaecologist all this time and they have struggled to diagnose anything other than fluid in my uterus and pouch of Douglas.
Five months ago I had a significant change in bm’s , I have been experiencing very loose or watery diarrhoea ten plus times a day, including blood within the stools, lots of mucus, significant pain in my lower left abdomen, reflux, and I’m very tired!
I had a referral to gastro and had elevated colprotectin levels 237 , not huge but my previous test a year ago was 55. My stomach is very tender and loud.
Yesterday I had an endoscopy and colonoscopy.
During the colonoscopy I was told they couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary, but they did mention there were lots of pockets of blood through my bowel and colon which I could see on screen. They couldn’t find a source of a bleed.
I had random biopsies taken and will await the results.
Obviously I’m very frustrated as I was hoping to have an answer but I understand people wait a long time for a diagnosis .
I cannot seem to find much info on blood pockets within the bowel and colon. Has anyone had this or have any idea what it is?
Thanks
Fliss
I hope I’m posting this in the correct place, so I apologise if not!
I’m looking for a bit of advice really.
I’m 29 years old and I’ve suffered from abdominal pain for ten years plus. I’ve been under a gynaecologist all this time and they have struggled to diagnose anything other than fluid in my uterus and pouch of Douglas.
Five months ago I had a significant change in bm’s , I have been experiencing very loose or watery diarrhoea ten plus times a day, including blood within the stools, lots of mucus, significant pain in my lower left abdomen, reflux, and I’m very tired!
I had a referral to gastro and had elevated colprotectin levels 237 , not huge but my previous test a year ago was 55. My stomach is very tender and loud.
Yesterday I had an endoscopy and colonoscopy.
During the colonoscopy I was told they couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary, but they did mention there were lots of pockets of blood through my bowel and colon which I could see on screen. They couldn’t find a source of a bleed.
I had random biopsies taken and will await the results.
Obviously I’m very frustrated as I was hoping to have an answer but I understand people wait a long time for a diagnosis .
I cannot seem to find much info on blood pockets within the bowel and colon. Has anyone had this or have any idea what it is?
Thanks
Fliss
