Air/Gas pain/constipation/UC?

 For the last few days, my pain has only been in the form of "gas" pains or unreleased air.  Anytime I try and lay down, I feel the urge to go to the bathroom, but nothing comes out but some occasional air and splotches of blood.  I'm not worried about the blood splotches because that has been happening for over an year, and it's getting better.  I may be getting better overall, but it is hard to tell because this lower stomach "gas" pain is all that I have left.

  Anybody know about how to combat the effects of what I am experiencing?

Okay well I changed my signature. Are there any doctors on this board?

Thanks, well...if there was an actual MD on here...he could share his personal experiences and what has worked for him, without giving out any info as if it was medical fact. But honestly, when I become a doctor, I won't have time to be on these sites either because of what you just mentioned. Good news is, I won't be a doctor for a long time. Who knows, UC might have a non surgical cure by then! :)

Trying to come out of my first flare...anyone have any ideas how to rid the body of intestinal gas?????

My stomach isn't distended, but I haven't had dairy in a few weeks. I have been eating wild salmon flavored with olive oil, shrimp cocktail without sauce, bananas, cantaloupe, organic applesauce(no sugar added), gluten free waffles with mashed bananas on top, and drinking lots of water. I did add in 4 VITAMIN WATER ZERO (zero sugar, sweetened with stevia) to get electrolytes and vitamins.

I wish someone was able to explain this to me. (I can't even get a straight answer from my doctor). I just don't understand the relationship between all this "air" and inflammation. What does one have to do with the other? I can certainly understand inflammation causing pain, blood, cramping, loose stools and constipation--but the amount of excessive gas coming out of my body is downright absurd. With the amount that comes out it (and gets trapped), it feels like it's starting from way higher up than my colon--so I always think it's something in my diet, but I'm told it's from inflammation.

The food connection regarding gas producing...definitely much of what you eat can create gas. But, given the fact that you're on a very low dosage of rectal meds isn't dealing with the rectal inflammation.

Ask the GI for at least Rowasa retention enemas.

I wonder why you were put on pred in the first place?

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if the gas is not originating from food it could be cramping which is similar to the kinks in a hose. The gas buildsup at each kink. I use Donnatal 3 pills a day, there is also hyoscimine. Both of these tend to slow bowel activity so don't take them for long.

Dear all,

I have chronic pouchitis and, while my diahiarra has been cured, I have experienced much discomfort due to gas that gets trapped inside me. I believe that the same may be true for those having ulcerative colitis since that is what I had before. I used to have to go many, many times a day, usually 12 and sometimes up to 30 times a day. All that going severely irritated my anus.

Anyway, I now have a partial cure, albeit a mechanical one. After I go to the bathroom, or attempt to go and find that not much comes out, I enter my shower and use a hand shower on my rectum. I use it in the pulse mode, sometimes for up to several minutes, with warm water. Doing that usually succeeds in causing me to release gas, sometimes multiple times. Other stuff also comes out so, if you share your shower you will need to use a disinfectant spray on it after every use. After the pulse mode I shift back to the soft spray mode and that also sometimes causes me to release gas. I have found much relief using this method, as well as saved a bundle on toilet paper and have avoided irritating my rectum. As a result, the tendency to form hemmorhoids has greatly decreased. This has been a life saver for me. That is now my main method of going to the bathroom and it has allowed me to be out and about for two to five hours at a time. I usually have to do it two or three times after eating and before leaving.

I have used several different hand showers, i.e. those are the units on a line to your shower outlet that you can hold in you hand and direct anywhere on your body. The most effective of the three that I have tried is the Alsons 465 CHK unit that I had to buy online from Shower Direct or some other online dealer. I could not find it in stores. That hand unit costs about $17, maybe up to $22 with shipping. If you need the interface to the shower head and the extension line then it can run you up to $52. I highly recommend that particular unit. In the pulse mode it was the most successful in causing me to expel gas and was the best in removing fecal matter from my rear. Really no need for toilet paper after using it.

Hope that this helps you. I wish that I had been doing this for the previous three years that I have been suffering with pouchitis.

Regards, Pouchy

So after having a jpouch surgery or whatever surgery you had, you can only be out and about for 5 hours before you have to jump into a shower and clean out your rectum?

  How do you have a normal life? Is your overall quality of life better or worse post surgery? Also, could you please make a signature and include your age, past meds, etc?