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Posted 8/31/2007 1:16 PM (GMT 0)
Is this a sign of UC? I have had uc for two years now, I keep bleeding when I go to the bathroom but my specialist took my blood and said my white blood cell count was normal, so its NOT the colitis.

I have recently been taking salofalk 16 pills a day

And have had chest pains something

And now I have painful blisters at the back of my tongue

Anyone else have this too?

 

Posted 8/31/2007 6:33 PM (GMT 0)
I was hoping atleast one person can reply.....
Posted 8/31/2007 7:01 PM (GMT 0)
that has never happened to me.

i hope it gets better!!
Posted 8/31/2007 7:25 PM (GMT 0)
sorry, never had this happen to me. Maybe something you are taking? drinking? Perhaps the aloe vera gel or yogurt drink? Sometimes, things can aggravate even after having them for a long time. Dunno, that would just be what I would think if it were me........however, I have nothing to base that on.
Posted 8/31/2007 11:37 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, AshnaG-- I have never gotten tongue sores, but I know that heavily acidic foods/drinks can irritate my mouth-- fresh pineapple, for example. I avoid it. In general I think that mouth sores are more common to Crohn's disease than to UC. Can you phone your gastro or dentist to ask about need for treatment? Best wishes. / Old Hat (nearly 30 yrs with left-sided UC; currently on 3 X 3 Colazal daily for July flare in descending colon, which is responding)
Posted 9/1/2007 1:40 AM (GMT 0)
I've never had the tongue blisters.

But why does your doctor not think it's your colitis that's making you bleed when you go to the bathroom? My white blood cell counts were always normal even while flaring.
Posted 9/5/2007 3:15 AM (GMT 0)
you might have a type of thrush.  ask your doctor for mycelex troches.  these are tabs that disolve in the mouth.  good luck

Posted 9/5/2007 11:06 AM (GMT 0)
My blood cell counts were normal when I was diagnosed and I was flaring at that time.  It was by doing a c-scope and biopsies that my GI did the final diagnoses.

I have never had blisters on my tongue, but do seem to get cold sores just before I start a flare.

Posted 9/7/2007 6:38 AM (GMT 0)
i occasionally get mouth ulcers, sometimes at the base of my tongue. I thought I was brushing too aggressively or biting the inside of my mouth while sleeping, but I was told by various doctors that this is a symptom of the colitis.
Posted 9/9/2007 9:03 PM (GMT 0)
hi i always get mouth ulscers doctor told me to do with the uc
Posted 9/10/2007 1:47 AM (GMT 0)
I get them on the inside of my cheeks but not on my tongue. But I would think they could effect the tongue also. I get them when flaring.
Posted 9/10/2007 10:44 AM (GMT 0)
Every since I have been diagnosed with UC I have gotten blisters. On my tounge and inside of cheeks. My doctor said they go along with UC. Now I am taking Humira Shots and one of the side effects are tounge blister. Sooo.........
Posted 9/10/2007 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Ashna,

Have you looked into Candida yeast overgrowth? which may explain it not being colitis.

http://www.candidafree.net/index.htm
Posted 9/10/2007 11:12 PM (GMT 0)
AshnaG--did you ever talk to your doctor? I have had mouth sores with my present and most recent flare. The last time, the sores were on the inside lower lip. This time, they are on the side of my tongue. I was given a prescription cream and it is rather yucky, but does 'seal' the sore so that my tongue doesn't rub, etc. My GI told me that mouth sores could be a "crossover" of Chrones. I'd rather that not be true. It is interesting to read others with UC have mouth sores and no one that has responded said anything about the Chrones. Plus, my scope did not show Chrones. ????
Posted 9/11/2007 2:58 AM (GMT 0)
With my initial flare, I had a mouth FULL of blisters by the time I started meds.  It was one of the things that made me wonder about my UC diagnosis a little bit.  Everything I read related them to CD, not UC.  Turns out my dx was wrong and I did have CD after all.  Doesn't mean that you can't have mouth sores with UC, but makes you wonder, huh?  For me, starting the Asacol and prednisone got ri of them within a couple of days.  Probably the pred that did it I would imagine.

 

Scopes don't always show CD even if it's there. :(

 

Elevated WBC's can't be used to solely determine the state of your disease.  Mine have never been elevated. 

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