Flare or Something else...

So last tuesday I went into the ER as I had felt like dehydration was kicking in and I wanted fluids before it got worse. I've been hospitalized before a few times for dehydration. The week prior to that for whatever reason I was very constipated and the week prior to that I was going like a fire hose out of my rear end. After I got fluids and started to eat again (I didn't eat for a few days prior to fluids), the flood gates opened on my rear end and the gas pressure has been insane. What's coming out of me is best described as baby food consistency. I'm also dealing with incontinence. It's very hard to tell if the bad gas pressure is gas or me needing to run to the bathroom for fear of what may come out. Last night I must of been in the bathroom 10+ times and woke up in a bad sweat 3 times. I soaked under a hot shower about 3 times during the night. What's different about this as I'm pretty used to how my flares are is that I have absolutely NO blood at all, not even a trace. I'm noticing a lot of food that is passing undigested. Even today I'm seeing something I ate 3 days ago passing through me still. Now I'm used to seeing mucus but what I saw today is what appeared to look like wet shreds of toilet paper floating in the water. I've taken lomotil as well as bentyl with no luck of slowing anything down. When I had this issue before my doc said it's almost behaving like IBS on top of my colitis. My rectum is in bad throbbing pain, like someone is beating my tailbone with a hammer. I'm going to call my GI tomorrow and get a stool test called in to the lab (yay). I'm having absolutely no cramping at all, just the constant diarrhea and gas pain. I'm not sure what to make of it as it's not like my normal flares. I've also felt sick to my stomach off and on for the last couple days.

rbartolo said...
Sounds like a painful flare; and/or infection of some sort especially with the fever. Foam enemas may help with the rectal pain.
i'm flaring right now (16months) and no blood and rarely cramping. Each flare is different. You could try grape seed extract if you think it's an infection but I'd try it only after the stool tests. Could be c-diff, which is not fun either.

Hope you get better.

Sadly I've had C-Diff a few times as well as mild and severe salmonella in my past, neither of those is fun at all. I'm keeping on top of my fluid intake as much as possible. I have to look, I think I may have some sort of foam enema. I can't do liquid ones anymore since I had my bowel resection, it's impossible for me to hold them in

sounds like what im going through right now. just started my vanco for c diff today. i feel your pain.

I hope you're feeling better quickly. 40mg sometimes isn't enough. Hopefully the stool test sheds some light. If it's a bacteria, at least you can begin the proper treatment.

Sounds like a pretty bad flare up of uc, at least you're starting ro see some improvement. Did the stool tests come back yet?