Malabsorption and poop talk

[Crohnzin]

Ok this is going to be a very personal post about my daily pooping and peeing habits so viewer discretion is advised

I have crohn's disease and an overactive bladder with cystitis, scar tissue and incontinence.

I have noticed after years of dealing with this that whenever my bowel movement quality changes my bladder is inevitably affected.

Ok heres the graphic part.

When I have normal, regular, solid poops my bladder is relatively ok (I pee every hour and a half or two hours at best.)

When my I don't poop or don't poop well or even especially when my poop comes out in either a long coiling strip or in tens of little curved pooplets I notice a substantial change in my bladder. I have to pee every half hour or hour at best.

Not just this by the quality of my peeing changes. When I have normal, solid poops my pee comes out in a solid stream of yellowish tint. When my poop is not of that quality I have to pee a lot more, more often, and the pee comes out in a sort of misty, weak stream. I feel no sensation of peeing yet out it comes in great quantity. It is much more clear as well.

The point of this embarassing post is my theory that my crohns directly influences my peeing and in particular the malabsorbtion quality of crohn's. If I drink a dixie cup of water when my bladder is like this I will have to pee every 20 minutes almost directly after. It seems like the malabsorbtion gets worse when the crohn's acts up and liquids go right through me into an already irritated messed up bladder. What can I do about this? What minerals, vitamins, supplements could possibly help with malabsorption? I've been taking probiotics and digestive enzymes which have helped with the stomach aches and the painful flareups but haven't helped with the consistency of my bowel movements or the consistency of my bladder health.

Thank you for bearing with my and taking time to read this lenghty post about pooping and peeing

 

[DustyKat]

So this happens when you tend to constipation or perhaps when your bowel inflamed?

If so could it be that the pressure on your bladder by an enlarged bowel gives you a similar effect to an enlarged prostate? I don't know but maybe it applies pressure in an area that doesn't allow you to completely empty your bladder. So when you go you pee until the sensation of wanting to void passes but because it isn't a complete void within a very short space of time that sensation returns. For example, say you had 300mls in your bladder and you voided 100mls, that might take away enough pressure that you think you have completed the void but you still have 200mls in there. It won't take long for 100mls to reach your bladder for that to happen again. Does that make sense?

Also I would imagine that with the scar tissue, damage and incontinence issues you have your bladder would a greatly reduced capacity than normal. You could always get the doc do a residual void on you to see if this is the problem when your bowel acts up. You do a measured void and then he passes a catheter to see what is left in your bladder. Just a thought.

Take care,
Dusty

 

[Crohnzin]

Hello, thanks for the response. For what its worth when I see my urologist I have to pee and he runs this little scan over my bladder to see if I've completely emptied out and I always have.