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Hello everyone,
Looking for some insight. I'm a healthy 42 year old male. I've had IBS type symptoms for over 10 years now since a cryptosporidium infection. My typical symptoms were some occasional episodes of diarrhea and cramps brought on by stress or certain foods. But about a month ago my situation changed. I had what I assumed at the time was a GI infection (a day of fever and nonbloody diarrhea). Felt better by the evening after taking (quite a bit) of Pepto Bismol. A few days later I awoke to an intense lower abdominal cramping and the urge to have a BM every 30 minutes or so. Sometimes I'd have a small BM, sometimes just gas (but no blood). These symptoms improved by the evening. But ever since then I've had pretty much constant, lower abdominal pains, lack of appetite and very loud / active gurgling at night that has caused me to lose a ton of sleep. I saw my GI who did stool studies for infection (negative), a CBC (negative). He also did a colonoscopy which he said showed "some small erosions in your colon and ileum that were not suggestive of Crohn's disease." The path report came back "focal, mildly active ileitis and colitis with essentially preserved architecture. Not typical of Crohn's, more likely infectious but IBD cannot be ruled out." My stools have returned to normal (soft, formed, brown and 2-3 per day) but I continue to struggle with abdominal pain, loss of appetite and trouble sleeping due to my gurgling and cramping. Sound like Crohn's? My biggest concern is those findings on pathology and my nighttime symptoms (which are causing me a lack of sleep which definitely isn't helping!). Anyone have any insight or advice?
Thanks!
Max
Looking for some insight. I'm a healthy 42 year old male. I've had IBS type symptoms for over 10 years now since a cryptosporidium infection. My typical symptoms were some occasional episodes of diarrhea and cramps brought on by stress or certain foods. But about a month ago my situation changed. I had what I assumed at the time was a GI infection (a day of fever and nonbloody diarrhea). Felt better by the evening after taking (quite a bit) of Pepto Bismol. A few days later I awoke to an intense lower abdominal cramping and the urge to have a BM every 30 minutes or so. Sometimes I'd have a small BM, sometimes just gas (but no blood). These symptoms improved by the evening. But ever since then I've had pretty much constant, lower abdominal pains, lack of appetite and very loud / active gurgling at night that has caused me to lose a ton of sleep. I saw my GI who did stool studies for infection (negative), a CBC (negative). He also did a colonoscopy which he said showed "some small erosions in your colon and ileum that were not suggestive of Crohn's disease." The path report came back "focal, mildly active ileitis and colitis with essentially preserved architecture. Not typical of Crohn's, more likely infectious but IBD cannot be ruled out." My stools have returned to normal (soft, formed, brown and 2-3 per day) but I continue to struggle with abdominal pain, loss of appetite and trouble sleeping due to my gurgling and cramping. Sound like Crohn's? My biggest concern is those findings on pathology and my nighttime symptoms (which are causing me a lack of sleep which definitely isn't helping!). Anyone have any insight or advice?
Thanks!
Max
