Any help here would be greatly appreciated...
I am a 26 year old woman who has been constipated my entire life to the point that I was placed on Milk of Magnesia as a child to ease my anal tearing. As an adult, I am very used to not going to the bathroom often, sometimes once every 2 weeks. I have always had a dull ache in my lower abdomen, most predominately in the right side.
In January, I cut gluten out of my diet in order to lose weight. At that time, I weighed 253 pounds. I began losing weight but became sick and needed 3 rounds of antibiotics shortly after. At the beginning of April, everything changed and I started experiencing severe diarrhea upwards of 10 times a day. At this point, I stopped trying to lose weight but have inevitably kept dropping pounds. I was referred to a GI who put me back on gluten 2 weeks ago. I continue to lose weight and am currently 201 pounds.
The pain I'm experiencing is excruciating and my bloat is not pleasant. As of yesterday, I'm leaking blood from my bottom. When I pass wind, I leave a mist of blood. When I use the washroom, the water in the toilet turns pink. I am used to bleeding from tearing, but there is NO anal pain with this new bleeding. It's just there. The pain I feel right now is on the right side of my belly button. I went to the ER yesterday and my blood tests came back normal. I'm waiting to hear about
my scope. My eyes have also been wrecking havoc with me. They feel so dry and sore that I'm becoming quite embarrassed about
my constant blinking.
My question to everyone is what you do or use to make the pain and bloating stop? Tylenol and Advil aren't doing anything and I'm at my wits end. I have no idea where to go from here.
Add: My grandmother had Crohn's and died from colon cancer. My cousins have Celiac's.
Post Edited (armstrongek) : 6/27/2014 3:08:45 PM (GMT-6)