For about the past week, I have been having threads of blood in my hardended stools. Apart from having some urgency to go to the bathroom, and feeling feverish with chills right before having to go to the bathroom, I have no other flare up symptoms....no diarrhea, no mucus, no intestinal pain, no exhaustion, no loss of appetite, no multiple trips to the bathroom in an hour, no completely bloody stools, etc. While I have had Crohn's for over 3 years, I have noticed this in my body before, but have previously tried to stay as is, and not "over think it". Otherwise, I get anxious and worried that I'll get a flareup. Not over thinking it and getting on with it has seemed to work most times, although when this happened last, it resulted in a pretty bad flare. I've had about 4 flareups in total.
Has this happened to anyone else? What does this mean? Is this a sign of another flareup, that I could potentially prevent if I eat a strict low residue diet and try to relax and take it easy (maybe even take a few days off of work)? Or, do I keep going as is, eat the foods that seems to suit me (although still trying to figure this out) and keep being my active self? Ahh! I'm terrified of another flareup! Any suggestions, insight, wisdom, thoughts, help, or a hello would be fab! Thank you!
p.s. I'm only on pentasa 2g twice a day at the moment.
Has this happened to anyone else? What does this mean? Is this a sign of another flareup, that I could potentially prevent if I eat a strict low residue diet and try to relax and take it easy (maybe even take a few days off of work)? Or, do I keep going as is, eat the foods that seems to suit me (although still trying to figure this out) and keep being my active self? Ahh! I'm terrified of another flareup! Any suggestions, insight, wisdom, thoughts, help, or a hello would be fab! Thank you!
p.s. I'm only on pentasa 2g twice a day at the moment.