I have not been diagnosed with anything but have had gastro problems for 9 months now. I am 29 years old and before this I was always very healthy.
I'm trying to find out if anyone had similar experiences to me. I have had many tests that show nothing, yet I struggle with my health.
It started with bloody stool followed by horrific stomach pain that put me in the ER. They ran a standard blood test that was normal and told me to see a gastro.
Gastro did endoscopy and colonoscopy, normal results and told me I was fine. Flew to gastro at mayo clinic for second opinion, they told me it sounded like chronic fatigue or depression before running a single test. He finally did a CT of stomach that was normal. Went to holistic doctor, did a food allergy test that was normal. Still no answers and all blood work and tests are normal.
I found that my symptoms are triggered by food. Throughout these months I have had bad constipation and severe fatigue. When I eat the wrong foods the constipation, fatigue, and irritability increases. I go through spells where I do ok eating these foods and then I have times were my body can't tolerate it.
I found that dairy, beans, salad, sugars, fruits, vegetables set this off. Basically anything that isn't easily digestible causes me problems. During the worst of this I can barely eat at all and feel completely exhausted with no appetite and eating usually gives me stomach pains. My stools during this time are loose and I can see undigested food come out such as beans, salad, and fruit and vegetable peels. I tend to have mucus as well, which I never had before all this started.
This is slowly ruining my life, trying to do a physical job while always fatigued is very tough. I get home and don't have anything left in me, I just want to lay around. I used to always be very active and went to the gym 6 days a week. That is no longer possible. I tried to date for a couple months and I didn't have the energy to maintain a relationship with an active person.
Is there anyone out there with crohns that was not able to be diagnosed by standard tests?
I'm trying to find out if anyone had similar experiences to me. I have had many tests that show nothing, yet I struggle with my health.
It started with bloody stool followed by horrific stomach pain that put me in the ER. They ran a standard blood test that was normal and told me to see a gastro.
Gastro did endoscopy and colonoscopy, normal results and told me I was fine. Flew to gastro at mayo clinic for second opinion, they told me it sounded like chronic fatigue or depression before running a single test. He finally did a CT of stomach that was normal. Went to holistic doctor, did a food allergy test that was normal. Still no answers and all blood work and tests are normal.
I found that my symptoms are triggered by food. Throughout these months I have had bad constipation and severe fatigue. When I eat the wrong foods the constipation, fatigue, and irritability increases. I go through spells where I do ok eating these foods and then I have times were my body can't tolerate it.
I found that dairy, beans, salad, sugars, fruits, vegetables set this off. Basically anything that isn't easily digestible causes me problems. During the worst of this I can barely eat at all and feel completely exhausted with no appetite and eating usually gives me stomach pains. My stools during this time are loose and I can see undigested food come out such as beans, salad, and fruit and vegetable peels. I tend to have mucus as well, which I never had before all this started.
This is slowly ruining my life, trying to do a physical job while always fatigued is very tough. I get home and don't have anything left in me, I just want to lay around. I used to always be very active and went to the gym 6 days a week. That is no longer possible. I tried to date for a couple months and I didn't have the energy to maintain a relationship with an active person.
Is there anyone out there with crohns that was not able to be diagnosed by standard tests?