Went in for a barium x-ray and have discovered I have a stricture about 8cm long... the actual passageway (or lumen as officially called) was string like... meaning it's almost totally blocked.
I knew I had a narrow passageway but was shocked at how bad it was. A colonoscopy only partially revealed this area - so if anyone out there has these symptoms - you too may have a stricture... well, these were my symptoms.
Vomiting sometime after eating a meal... bloating (usually if you eat a meal with risky foods such as vegetables - french fries do me in as well).
Uncontrollable bowel movements with little time to get to the bathroom.
Occasional discomfort/tenderness in the area of the stricture.
You take tons of different meds for Crohn's but nothing works (indication of heavily scarred area of intestine that meds cannot fix).
On a final note, after learning of my stricture it almost angers me at the books and other info out there claiming you can be cured of Crohn's based on your diet. In the case of a stricture with scarred tissue this could be a dangerous path to follow as diet won't do a thing for that and you could end up with compete blockage.
Anyway... curious to hear of other stricture stories out there...and how surgery affected your quality of life
I knew I had a narrow passageway but was shocked at how bad it was. A colonoscopy only partially revealed this area - so if anyone out there has these symptoms - you too may have a stricture... well, these were my symptoms.
Vomiting sometime after eating a meal... bloating (usually if you eat a meal with risky foods such as vegetables - french fries do me in as well).
Uncontrollable bowel movements with little time to get to the bathroom.
Occasional discomfort/tenderness in the area of the stricture.
You take tons of different meds for Crohn's but nothing works (indication of heavily scarred area of intestine that meds cannot fix).
On a final note, after learning of my stricture it almost angers me at the books and other info out there claiming you can be cured of Crohn's based on your diet. In the case of a stricture with scarred tissue this could be a dangerous path to follow as diet won't do a thing for that and you could end up with compete blockage.
Anyway... curious to hear of other stricture stories out there...and how surgery affected your quality of life