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Posted 10/2/2017 12:17 AM (GMT 0)
Soooo I was on here a month or two ago asking about headaches and body aches. I'm glad to say that I have not had either for a while now, but of course once something works itself out there's something new that comes up. I'm no stranger to having what the best way to describe it is "butt dry heaves" I freaking hate them cause that's the majority of where my pain comes from. However what I want to know is for people who have this, do you feel like your anus stretching and have like a throbbing pain afterwards? This throbbing stays for at least an hour most times, and if it's at night it's impossible to sleep while it's going on. Is there a medicine for his, or something y'all do that helps take the pain away? I try soaking in the tub, but I find that if I'm laying down for to long that the moment I stand up..I have to go to the bathroom
Posted 10/2/2017 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Yup I know that feeling quite well. My usual approach was to take pain killer ASAP (since it takes 30 minutes for them to kick in), hydrate as much as possible with cold bottled water, and then sit in a bath with water that was as hot as I could tolerate.

If I was lucky, I'd pass out for 20-30 min and wake up feeling alright.. or at least well enough to dry myself off and go to bed.

So you can keep a bottle of tylenol by the toilet for this purpose..
Posted 10/2/2017 4:03 AM (GMT 0)
Yes....during flares only....white knucklers during bms, spasming and throbbing when not having bms.

Rectal meds and antispasmodics and tylenol back relief help.

q
Posted 10/2/2017 12:00 PM (GMT 0)
Tylenol does not work for me. I was pounding at least 6 Tylenol a day when I had my constant headaches, and body aches but even then it did not help much. Is there something your doctor can prescribe?
Posted 10/2/2017 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
Sounds like intestinal spasms, which can be painful? Ask your doctor about anti-spasmatic medications?
Posted 10/2/2017 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
Very painful. I called this morning, and explained what's going on. Right now all they are going to do is another stool study, and go from there.
Posted 10/2/2017 4:30 PM (GMT 0)
It's probably due to tenesmus/rectal inflammation. Are you using rectal meds? A stool study is good, but a sig scope would get to the bottom of it faster. Perhaps a steroid supp could help. Have you tried them? Can you retain rectals?
Posted 10/2/2017 5:22 PM (GMT 0)
Are you using antispasmodics and rectal meds, cody?

q
Posted 10/2/2017 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not taking any rectal meds. Only humira and imuran at the moment. I've had these problems before, but nothing like right now. The doctor never did anything when I mentioned the last few times
Posted 10/2/2017 8:21 PM (GMT 0)
Agree with the others, active UC inflammation can cause pain when pooping, and spasms can cause pain. Your doctor can determine which it is.

Antispasmatics are common with IBS but we can have those pains too. Spasms aren't only when pooping, and can happen anytime during the day. /www.verywell.com/antispasmodics-for-ibs-1945153
Posted 10/3/2017 12:41 AM (GMT 0)
Sounds like Tenesmus:

Tenesmus refers to cramping rectal pain. Tenesmus gives you the feeling that you need to have a bowel movement, even if you already have had one. When you have tenesmus, you might strain harder to produce only a small amount of stool during bowel movement. (from Healthline)
Posted 10/3/2017 1:11 AM (GMT 0)
That sounds about right. Even if it's hardly any stool my body pushes like it's trying to get out something massive.
Posted 10/3/2017 1:15 AM (GMT 0)
Take rectal meds. Ask for prescription rowasa enema to be taken nightly for at least a month. Anti-inflammatory and goes right to the problem area.
Posted 10/3/2017 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
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q
Posted 10/3/2017 7:08 PM (GMT 0)
Well stool study came back, and no surprise that it's c-diff again. That's like the third time in just a year....no response on the rectal meds yet though
Posted 10/3/2017 7:15 PM (GMT 0)
Oh boy.....sucks!!!
What antibiotic? And maybe look into FMT as others have suggested in posts for others who have been affected by repeated episodes.

q
Posted 10/3/2017 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
vancomycin again except this time it's a taper, and I can't recall what the other one was. Never had it before, but it's 2 pills for 10 days. One in the morning, and one at night. They just called them in, so hopefully I can get them soon.
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