Stomach flare up

Every 3 or 6 months my stomach decides to rebel. That is what is happening these days. Last Saturday, I started to have severe stomach pain and loss of appetite. Since I am an old GERDie, I could quickly identify it. I opted for liquid diet and increased Ensure and cut off hard food. The day after things became worse. I was teaching and all of a sudden pain escalated and I was about to cry out of it and even my students could notice that I was in agony. The intensity of the pain lasted fopr nearly 4 hrs while I was at work. I kept drinking Ensure and added Zantac 600 mg to Nexium 80 mg/day but things are not any better. To add up, I got my period and I usually take a painkiller (ketrolac) injection which made my stomach worse. Today, I drank liquid yogurt (don't know whether this is right or wrong). I also added another anti-ulcer drug. The problem is that I started skipping Imuran and Pentasa. My GI has always warned me against skipping any doses of Entocort so I'm taking it only. This night I forced myself to take 2g of Pentasa instead of the 4g and the Imuran. I can tolerate having stomach pain but cannot tolerate that my Crohn's flare ups. Now this stomach pain is excruciating. Is there something I can do as I can't see my GI this week? How can I soothe the pain. The pain is dull as if my stomach is being torn apart. I have also gastroduodenitis.
Any replies are highly appreciated.

Bless your heart! It may be the skipping doses allowed a flare to kick in, but who knows with this disease. You may also be sensitive to something in the Ensure that could have made it worse. Unfortunately soy is becoming an allergen problem for many, and Ensure has a good bit of soy in it. My daughter is allergic to soy probably because she was on a soy formula when I couldn't breastfeed. It's a nightmare to find any premade food without soy in some form in it. Of course, your problem may have nothing to do with that. Sometimes we do everything right and still the Crohn's rebels.

Sorry you're in so much pain Minnie. What about something like Carafate to coat the stomach? Depending on how high up the pain is, that could help. It does a good job of coating the stomach, although it needs to be taken multiple times a day as it doesn't last too long. It did provide me with some short term relief in January when I had inflammation in my esophagus and stomach.

Hello minnietoty,

I'm sorry that you had a lot of pain. I've been diagnosed with CD and GERD lately. I have been having a wide range of symptoms. It is very difficult to make out what exactly is causing the problem. I kept a food journal for 1 month. I eliminated some good food in the beginning. But, later I realized that my iron supplement was causing the problem. I felt better once I stooped taking it.

Lately, I have a confusion. How to make it out, if I'm flaring up. I know, everybody has different symptoms. I always keep an eye on my stool which is the best way to detect bleeding. Can flare up be only inflammation without bleeding during which you suffer some symptoms?