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Posted 12/29/2012 2:04 AM (GMT 0)
My Daughter was staying with a friend for a couple of days after Christmas. When she came home she told me that she was quite sick. She described the pain as pretty severe lower right, (TI), abdominal pain. It was after she ate. She said it was so bad it made her nauseous.

She didn't throw up, but took Tylenol and then used a heating pad. The pain subsided after that, and she feels okay today other than feeling tender.

Could this be intestinal contractions from digestion? Or perhaps the stricture she has is causing problems. Anyone have similar occurrences? I thought of asking for an anti-spasmodic if it reoccurs. Anyone with experience with those?

Seems like I'm forever trying to second guess this disease. Even the Doctors seem to be guessing half the time.

Posted 12/29/2012 3:01 AM (GMT 0)
Good idea to check in with doc. Maybe a little prednisone or antispasmodic to get through holiday. Transition from school to break and all the holiday foods can take a toll and kick things up. Check for fevers as well. Getting rest, staying hydrated, and monitoring roughage at this time of year can be very challenging.
Posted 12/29/2012 3:33 AM (GMT 0)
Hi,

Was your daughter able to pass gas, or have a BM when this pain occurred?  I think it is important that she mentions this is happening to her GI because if they start her on Remicade it can cause narrowing higher up in bowel and she is already having issues.  I really think she is going to need surgery sooner than later.  A right hemicolectomy to be exact. 

Julia

 

Posted 12/29/2012 4:04 AM (GMT 0)
Hi monte,

I'm very sorry to hear about your daughter not feeling well and having to deal with so much pain.
After eating, and then pain is typically muscle contractions/spasms in the intestines. The pain is in waves, as the food is pushed (organized muscle contractions) through the digestive tract. When there's an intestinal obstruction, partial or complete, the pain is excruciatingly sharp with each wave.
That pain can be so bad, it's just too much to try to be upright and lying down brings almost no relief.

I have seen others mention the use of Bentyl, it prevents spasms in the muscles of the gut.
Bentyl-
www.drugs.com/cdi/bentyl.html
Side effects-
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0009928/?report=details#side_effects
Including links as I have not used this medication, it's use with children and not knowing your daughters age.

When I get that pain, I curl up with a heating pad and then stick to a liquid diet for about 24 hours, to rest my gut a bit.
When I had Crohn's up to the point of 22 years, then I had a stricture to be concerned with. When I had flare ups, I did suffer from blockages between the inflammation and scar tissue. This resulted in vomiting every time I had a flare up and was the only relief from the pain until the flare up passed. It eventually led to a lower bowel resection.
Here's information and an explanation on intestinal strictures-
www.medicinenet.com/inflammatory_bowel_disease_intestinal_problems/page5.htm

I hope this helps monte and truly hope your daughter feels better and quickly!
Posted 12/29/2012 1:30 PM (GMT 0)
73monte:

So sorry that your daughter is not feeling well. Just wanted to let you know what led up to my son's obstruction and some of the warning signs you may need to look out for. The night before my son complained of an unbearable pain he got while he was laying in bed trying to get to sleep it only lasted a while but he said he knew if it returned that he was in trouble. Pain radiated from the bellybutton to the lower right quadrant. It was similar to the pain he experienced when he had his appendix removed six weeks prior to this night. The pain was gone the next morning but in noticed he could not pass gas or have a bowel movement. Then the pain came back with a vengeance and he described it as the most severe pain possible that would not go away. He was bent in two with it and then finally came the green vomit. Complete bowel obstruction which resulted in resection.

I hope it passes for her and that she is feeling better soon. I don't want to alarm but I would hate to see your daughter go through the horrible ordeal he did. I would probably call the Doc just to get their insight in what they think maybe going on.
Posted 12/30/2012 3:20 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the replies everyone:

She has a GI appt. on Jan. 29th. I hope things stabalize until then. It's so difficult to get in to see out GI. In Canada our health system is so overburdened. All they talk about is Remicade as well. As (Julia) mentioned I'm worried about rapid healing and more scarring.

As far as her other symptoms right now, she is able to pass gas, and is still having BM's every 2 or 3 days. Always large and formed, no diarreah.

She did mention to me tonight that she is starting to have pain regularly after eating. This certainly concerns me. OTher than that, no fevers or other indicators. I don't think they even look at her bloodwork at our clinic, so wouldn't know if there's anything showing there.

 

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