HI, I have been lurking this site for the past couple month and you guys have been great. I am a 33 year old male. I haven't officially been diagnosed with Crohn's disease, but I have my first GI visit on Sept 11. I've been to the ER twice and my personal doctor once. The ER suggested Crohn's disease and my dr suggested intestinal disease. I'm sorta relieved as I suspected something wrong with my pancreas. I have had 2 CT scans so far, showing thickening of the colon wall. The symptoms began in late April 2013. At first my entire back started aching. I thought it was related to a fall I had about a year prior. Then my left side started hurting, and the pain moved to the right side. The pain basically wraps around my entire waist line now, well a little bit above the waist line. My last DR visit, he mentioned something about my spleen. Now it feels as if my throat is swollen and I can kinda feel the 'swolleness' go down my chest to a little above my belly button. Do you guys think this could be related to my possible intestinal disease?
My first ER visit, the Dr. prescribed me fflagyl and cipro. I honestly felt like I was on my way out the door while on these medications. Horrible feeling. Anyways, the pain completely went away after I was done the medications. They started (the pain) occurring again maybe three or four weeks later. I went to the ER again the other day because I started panicking about my throat. DR looked down my throat with a flashlight and told me everything looked fine. Well things are definitely "not fine".
I understand I should have scheduled my appointment to see a GI doctor when I left the ER the first time in late May, but I honestly didn't have a clue what was going on. THE ER dr stated I had a ball of bacterial in my stomach, that's how he described it. I figured I'd take the meds (flagyl and cipro), see my dr and take it from there. I am not insured so I figured I'd take things slowly and see what my DR recommends.
I also have constant itching of my skin after I come home from work. So the symptoms are; itching of the skin, pain that wraps around my waist, back pain, and now the left side of my throat feels swollen all the way down to a inch or 2 above my belly button. Any input would be appreciated.
My first ER visit, the Dr. prescribed me fflagyl and cipro. I honestly felt like I was on my way out the door while on these medications. Horrible feeling. Anyways, the pain completely went away after I was done the medications. They started (the pain) occurring again maybe three or four weeks later. I went to the ER again the other day because I started panicking about my throat. DR looked down my throat with a flashlight and told me everything looked fine. Well things are definitely "not fine".
I understand I should have scheduled my appointment to see a GI doctor when I left the ER the first time in late May, but I honestly didn't have a clue what was going on. THE ER dr stated I had a ball of bacterial in my stomach, that's how he described it. I figured I'd take the meds (flagyl and cipro), see my dr and take it from there. I am not insured so I figured I'd take things slowly and see what my DR recommends.
I also have constant itching of my skin after I come home from work. So the symptoms are; itching of the skin, pain that wraps around my waist, back pain, and now the left side of my throat feels swollen all the way down to a inch or 2 above my belly button. Any input would be appreciated.