Fistula how long can you have one

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So for a few years I have had pains in my inner thighs and trouble sitting on hard surface's.
I have had mucus leaking for year's also had a fistula that came out of the skin in near my anus and was terribly painful but got resolved with surgery and med's.
since my last hospitalization in 2012 I have had ct scan's and mri's for bowel and bladder issues.
Now I got hospitalized this october and they found a partial blockage stricture and a fistula that connect's form one side of the colon to the other side.
I was on humira and it helped the thigh pain.
What I'd like to know is how long could I have had this fistula for and why it didn't come up in earlier scan's generally how long can you have a fistula for before it gets bad or goes undiagnosed for like mine was.
 
Fistula's can progress quickly or take months of inflammation to penetrate bowel walls and create a track. Who knows for sure in your case. If you had MRenterography done in 2012 and it was there at that time it would likely have shown on imaging. Probably even more likely if images were taken before and after contrast dye injection AND ingestion of the yucky oral contrast agent. Dr's have to know what they're looking for too. if you had a general MRI of your pelvis for example they may not of done contrast material, not sure.
How is your doc planning to treat the fistula? Will you go back in Humira? I currently have a fistula that hasn't healed after about 4 years!
 
Yeah I don't think they did the contrast last time I had an mri this time I did for sure even on last year's ct scan it dodn't show but symptoms were there.
I'm on remicade now going for third infusion on Friday.
 
I had a fistula from TI to Sigmoid Colon that was only discovered during surgery. The colonoscopy noted something odd about the Sigmoid, but they didn't pick anything up from the CT Scan. I guess that had probably formed over the years/decades.
 
Yeah I guess I've had it for a while now it will mend and I will move forward also I'm still passing bit of blood and mucuse from my backside nearly 5 weeks after surgery coukld this be healing or is it just stuff coming out as the blockage resolve's
 


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