Hi
I am a 31yr old female. I am currently being treated for 'probable crohns', I'll give you a little bit of background info...
This all started last summer, my first problem was constipation which my gp prescribed laxatives. I then started to get an intense burning/gnawing pain in my upper centre abdominal area. The gp prescribed 20mg omeprazole a day then 40mg a day. This seemed to ease the pain for a week or 2, but then the pain started getting worse and was starting to spread to the upper right hand side. I was also feeling really nauseous, and could still not go to the toilet properly even with all the laxatives. The pain had got so bad that I could barely stand up straight I had a terrible headache that lasted for days and also a fever. I went back to the gp and she was basically calling me a hypochondriac as I was going so often. The following night I was crying in pain so went to the out of hours gp. The pain now was down the entire right hand side of abdomen. He thought it was my gallbladder, injected me with morphine and called an ambulance.
At the hospital they done bloods and my crp came back at 257, they started me on iv antibiotics. I had a ultrasound and xray which both came normal. After 2 days on iv antibiotics I felt better than I had done in ages, all my pain had gone. So the docs just put it down to a bad stomach virus and discharged me.
Then in February I started to get constipated again, and the burning pain came again. also the nausea. I went back to the gp, on examining me I was also tender around my belly button and had an elevated heart rate. He sent me to hospital had my bloods taken but all came back normal so they sent me home.
10 days later the pain had got so much worse and was below my belly button aswell, I also had a fever and the nausea was worse. He sent me back to hospital. This time my crp came back at 139 so was admitted. I had an ultrasound which showed fluid around my appendix. Rather than just take out the appendix they wanted to have a look at it first. So the put in a camera using key hole. When I came round they said appendix was fine but the end of my small bowel was thickened and inflamed and also the lymph nodes were inflamed. I then had a ct scan of lower abdominal which showed they same. They said that I had probable crohns but couldn't give me a definite diagnosis until I have colonoscopy (28th April). Anyway they started me on iv steroids, and after 12 days in hospital they discharged me with oral steroids to take at home.
I am just worried now that what if they don't find anything with colonoscopy? It's not that I want to have crohns, but it was such a relief I suppose to be told that there was something wrong and that it wasn't all in my head!!!
Just to add I have a lot of mouth ulcers and also sore joints.
I am a 31yr old female. I am currently being treated for 'probable crohns', I'll give you a little bit of background info...
This all started last summer, my first problem was constipation which my gp prescribed laxatives. I then started to get an intense burning/gnawing pain in my upper centre abdominal area. The gp prescribed 20mg omeprazole a day then 40mg a day. This seemed to ease the pain for a week or 2, but then the pain started getting worse and was starting to spread to the upper right hand side. I was also feeling really nauseous, and could still not go to the toilet properly even with all the laxatives. The pain had got so bad that I could barely stand up straight I had a terrible headache that lasted for days and also a fever. I went back to the gp and she was basically calling me a hypochondriac as I was going so often. The following night I was crying in pain so went to the out of hours gp. The pain now was down the entire right hand side of abdomen. He thought it was my gallbladder, injected me with morphine and called an ambulance.
At the hospital they done bloods and my crp came back at 257, they started me on iv antibiotics. I had a ultrasound and xray which both came normal. After 2 days on iv antibiotics I felt better than I had done in ages, all my pain had gone. So the docs just put it down to a bad stomach virus and discharged me.
Then in February I started to get constipated again, and the burning pain came again. also the nausea. I went back to the gp, on examining me I was also tender around my belly button and had an elevated heart rate. He sent me to hospital had my bloods taken but all came back normal so they sent me home.
10 days later the pain had got so much worse and was below my belly button aswell, I also had a fever and the nausea was worse. He sent me back to hospital. This time my crp came back at 139 so was admitted. I had an ultrasound which showed fluid around my appendix. Rather than just take out the appendix they wanted to have a look at it first. So the put in a camera using key hole. When I came round they said appendix was fine but the end of my small bowel was thickened and inflamed and also the lymph nodes were inflamed. I then had a ct scan of lower abdominal which showed they same. They said that I had probable crohns but couldn't give me a definite diagnosis until I have colonoscopy (28th April). Anyway they started me on iv steroids, and after 12 days in hospital they discharged me with oral steroids to take at home.
I am just worried now that what if they don't find anything with colonoscopy? It's not that I want to have crohns, but it was such a relief I suppose to be told that there was something wrong and that it wasn't all in my head!!!
Just to add I have a lot of mouth ulcers and also sore joints.