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Posted 9/4/2014 4:00 AM (GMT 0)
For the past few weeks i have been having pain bloating and gas after eating on the left side. It lasts a few hours of course while working. Call the dr? Ibs on top of crohns? Thanks
Posted 9/5/2014 1:48 PM (GMT 0)
kix, sorry you haven't had any responses yet!

For the past few weeks you've been posting about back pain and constipation. I know you are taking new meds and that you are supposed to have a scope this fall. I hope you will call your DR soon and talk about all the things that are going on with you.

Are you keeping active, physically? This can help keep your bowel moving. Are you eating a low residue diet? This can exacerbate constipation. But honestly, if you are having pain whenever you eat then I think you need to talk to your GI about your meds. That sounds like active Crohn's more than anything else.
Posted 9/5/2014 5:02 PM (GMT 0)
Could be a stricture either from inflammation or scar tissue. A scope or MRE will really be best to see if there is any stricturing. Strictures cause pain, bloating, and gas because the intestines need to work extra hard to push food thru. I would liken the pain to labor contractions, awful! I would call you DR. He may be able to give you a medication to help with the pain, such as Levisin or Tramadol (that's usually as hard-core as GIs get regarding pain relief), although these meds could also exacerbate symptoms because they slow the gut down, so it's really dependent on the person. May be worth a try though.

Going on a liquid diet might also help. Back when I was getting a lot of stricture pain prior to my surgery, I would stick to a liquid diet for days or eat very low residue foods. This tends to help.

Another possibility is SIBO - Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. I also had this because of my strictures. It can be tested through a breath test. This caused me a TON of gas, bloating (like 6 months pregnant bloat), and tons of stomach noise. Antibiotics provided some relief for a few weeks, but it didn't entirely go away until I had surgery to remove the strictures. Treatment really depends on what is causing the SIBO.

Call you doctor and describe your symptoms. Don't make the mistake I frequently made, which was just accepting symptoms as a part of my life with CD. Sometimes that is the case, unfortunately, but not always. It's worth the call to see if there is something he can give you to provide some relief. Good Luck!
Posted 9/7/2014 7:55 AM (GMT 0)
I've had Crohn's for 42 years. My intestinal inflammation caused blockages and constipation or constipated diarrhea. There are several things I have used to successfully release my blockages: 1) gastroenterologist ordered prednisone to reduce inflammation (gastro surgeon didn't know to do this-just recommended surgery), 2) turkey rhubarb tincture, 3) Ageless Hydro-C, a powder used in water on empty stomach in morning. I have been about 21 years without any inflammations by taking a parasite killing program (even thought my tests showed I did not have parasites) consisting of: Extra Strength Black Walnut Hull Tincture ( 2 teaspoons-I think) with 7 capsules of Wormwood and 3 capsules of cloves once a week for a year. Notice the pain receding with the very first dose and pain completely gone after the second dose. Still have Crohn's though but no hospitalizations or pain with the exception of the kidney stones the Crohn's has caused and which may lead to kidney failure eventually. If one has stones from Crohn's one might think twice about taking what I took for it which is malic acid which may be why I now have diarrhea every day when I did not have it for the past 20 years. I have had better luck with Chanca Piedra for the stones to crush them internally.

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