Hi
This is my first time posting on a forum ever!
I don’t know anyone close to me that has experienced any type of IBD, so here I am.
Here’s the story...
I have been experiencing pelvic/lower abdominal pain for almost a year now, I was under gynaecology initially as I had multiple treatments for abnormal smears, so myself and my gp assumed it was gynae related.
However, 6 months ago I started passing an abnormal amount of bloody ( & very smelly) mucus, this has never happened to me before, it was accompanied by moderate pain. I then developed loose stools which would even wake me in the night, I had a particularly bad episode which forced me to go to A & E, I was sent away with codiene and told it was a stomach bug.
Fast forward to a month ago I had a fecael cal protectin test which came back above 800, so got a gastro referral they said possible IBD. I’ve just had a colonoscopy and they found multiple (15-20) aphthous ulcers in the rectal area, but they said they couldn’t be sure of the cause, I’ve also had MRI.
Could this be IBD? Or does anyone else know of something that could cause similar symptoms. I’m not seeing my doc until 28th and I’m going out of my mind!
I’m also suffering with chronic mouth ulcers! Arghhhh.
Advice would be massively appreciated.
This is my first time posting on a forum ever!
I don’t know anyone close to me that has experienced any type of IBD, so here I am.
Here’s the story...
I have been experiencing pelvic/lower abdominal pain for almost a year now, I was under gynaecology initially as I had multiple treatments for abnormal smears, so myself and my gp assumed it was gynae related.
However, 6 months ago I started passing an abnormal amount of bloody ( & very smelly) mucus, this has never happened to me before, it was accompanied by moderate pain. I then developed loose stools which would even wake me in the night, I had a particularly bad episode which forced me to go to A & E, I was sent away with codiene and told it was a stomach bug.
Fast forward to a month ago I had a fecael cal protectin test which came back above 800, so got a gastro referral they said possible IBD. I’ve just had a colonoscopy and they found multiple (15-20) aphthous ulcers in the rectal area, but they said they couldn’t be sure of the cause, I’ve also had MRI.
Could this be IBD? Or does anyone else know of something that could cause similar symptoms. I’m not seeing my doc until 28th and I’m going out of my mind!
I’m also suffering with chronic mouth ulcers! Arghhhh.
Advice would be massively appreciated.