What happened to me lately
First of all, sorry for TMI...
Allow me to quickly explain what happened to me these lasts months. I'm a 29 year old male and I suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Well that's the name they gave when they found nothing else.
I never did a full colonoscopy. I did do a sigmoidoscopy (they only do the rectum and the far end of the large intestine) 5 years ago which was perfectly fine. Nothing to see. But I have lots and lots of gas. I often have some blood on the toilet paper, but I also know I most probably have hemorrhoids as well. They also did an echography of my abdomen that also showed nothing, but that too was 5 years ago.
Anyway, in december 2011 I suffered from a Clostridium Difficile infection. A nasty bacterial infection of the gut that causes diahrea. I had to take 6 weeks of antibiotics too kill this stubborn thing. Fortunately, that's gone now. A few months later, in march 2012, I got a viral gastroenteritis. That passed after a few days.
Two weeks ago, I got food poisoning with some bacteria named Campylobacter (detected with a stool sample). That went away after 2 days as well.
But now, for 3 days already, I've had strange symptoms. It started with a single bout of diahrea late at night. I went to the doc and after palpating my abdomen, she concluded she felt a reaction typical to an infection. I had to submit a stool sample again to see if it's this Campylobacter again. I'm still waiting for the results of that.
But the symptoms are somewhat strange. I can have firm stools one moment, and have complete diahrea the other. It seems to alternate. I know Irritable Bowel Syndrome can typically also alternate, but my IBS never caused this. it usually only causes lots of gas and that's it.
This is making me somewhat scared of Ulcerative Colitis. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense or not but for some reason, I'm thinking of UC...
I had a stool sample tested for blood presence twice in the past few weeks and both were negative. But this was during a period where I felt fine so the samples were not diahrea. I also have a blood test done every 6 months and it was always fine too. Nobody in my family has Crohn's or UC neither.
Do you think UC might be the cause? I know you're not doctors but perhaps some opinions would be nice.
Also, my doc says that all colon conditions, including UC or Crohn can be treated. maybe not cured, but treated to that you can live a normal life. Is this true? Is UC livable?
Sorry for the stupid questions, but I'm easily worried about my health...
Thanks!
First of all, sorry for TMI...
Allow me to quickly explain what happened to me these lasts months. I'm a 29 year old male and I suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Well that's the name they gave when they found nothing else.
I never did a full colonoscopy. I did do a sigmoidoscopy (they only do the rectum and the far end of the large intestine) 5 years ago which was perfectly fine. Nothing to see. But I have lots and lots of gas. I often have some blood on the toilet paper, but I also know I most probably have hemorrhoids as well. They also did an echography of my abdomen that also showed nothing, but that too was 5 years ago.
Anyway, in december 2011 I suffered from a Clostridium Difficile infection. A nasty bacterial infection of the gut that causes diahrea. I had to take 6 weeks of antibiotics too kill this stubborn thing. Fortunately, that's gone now. A few months later, in march 2012, I got a viral gastroenteritis. That passed after a few days.
Two weeks ago, I got food poisoning with some bacteria named Campylobacter (detected with a stool sample). That went away after 2 days as well.
But now, for 3 days already, I've had strange symptoms. It started with a single bout of diahrea late at night. I went to the doc and after palpating my abdomen, she concluded she felt a reaction typical to an infection. I had to submit a stool sample again to see if it's this Campylobacter again. I'm still waiting for the results of that.
But the symptoms are somewhat strange. I can have firm stools one moment, and have complete diahrea the other. It seems to alternate. I know Irritable Bowel Syndrome can typically also alternate, but my IBS never caused this. it usually only causes lots of gas and that's it.
This is making me somewhat scared of Ulcerative Colitis. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense or not but for some reason, I'm thinking of UC...
I had a stool sample tested for blood presence twice in the past few weeks and both were negative. But this was during a period where I felt fine so the samples were not diahrea. I also have a blood test done every 6 months and it was always fine too. Nobody in my family has Crohn's or UC neither.
Do you think UC might be the cause? I know you're not doctors but perhaps some opinions would be nice.
Also, my doc says that all colon conditions, including UC or Crohn can be treated. maybe not cured, but treated to that you can live a normal life. Is this true? Is UC livable?
Sorry for the stupid questions, but I'm easily worried about my health...
Thanks!
