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Posted 12/17/2018 1:44 AM (GMT 0)
I’m not having any obvious bleeding, but sometimes my gas really smells like GI bleed to me and it makes me paranoid that this about to happen all over again...anyone else get this way?
Posted 12/18/2018 11:39 PM (GMT 0)
I am confused by what you mean by your gas smelling like GI bleeding. You mean it smells like blood? Or it smells like what your diarrhea smells like when there is blood in it?
Posted 12/22/2018 5:23 PM (GMT 0)
The latter
Posted 12/22/2018 5:58 PM (GMT 0)
So I wouldn't worry about it then. You probably have some sort of flora imbalance. Try taking some probiotics.
Posted 12/23/2018 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
You could be having occult bleeding - bleeding that's too little to be visibly seen, but can be detected in the stool with an occult blood test. I'm not sure if it's worth asking for one of those, but you could consider it. If it's positive then your GI will probably want to look for the cause of the bleeding.

Or just try the probiotics, I dunno. A foul smell could indicate a gut flora imbalance, but if it smells specifically like blood that does sound a bit unusual - I've never had it before to be honest.
Posted 12/23/2018 4:40 PM (GMT 0)
I had a few transfusions from rectal bleeding due to coumadin and know all to well the smell of blood. Since I have constipation with crohns I take linzess. When I move my bowels its all dark brown water with what looks like oil in it and a smell of blood and somethine like I was drinking alcohol. I have been having alot of blood work and the results show my numbers are normal. Not sure if its the linzess or maybe an ulcer bleeeding just a bit..My Dr says not to worry if my blood work is fine and doesnt show anemia. At times its hard to tell if I am just fatigued from crohns or anemic though
Posted 12/23/2018 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
I forgot to add that ever since I got Crohns, when I pass gas, it is a different smell and also get worried that I am bleeding inside somewhere.. Really dont understand why but never see blood or anything
Posted 1/9/2019 4:05 AM (GMT 0)
I started having a terrible smell from my ostomy. It just smelled AWFUL! I also noticed the output was orange. I felt run down and could barely walk from room to room. I went to the doctor and had a hemoglobin of 6.

For months I got blood transfusions and iron infusions.

I had a double balloon enteroscopy and they found 5 inches of the small intestine was ulcerated and bleeding.

I had a huge surgery in November to remove that and repair the hernia I had and moved the stoma to the left side. The surgery was 8 hours long.

If you think you smell blood, then go get the blood checked.
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