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Posted 7/18/2009 7:33 PM (GMT 0)
Anybody have UC (going about 6 times a day)but no blood or mucus? 
Posted 7/18/2009 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
That's how it started for me before I knew I was sick. Are you having formed stool? Has your BM increased since you started colazal? Mine did. Also, are you inspecting your BM?

Thanks for reminding me I wanted to start a thread about that.

TPT
Posted 7/18/2009 8:10 PM (GMT 0)
Blood and mucus is rare for me.
Posted 7/18/2009 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
Yes thats somewhat common for me when Im flaring. I rarely see blood.
Posted 7/19/2009 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
I always see blood and mucus when I am in a flare. I know when things have gotten bad because there is blood. I have seen quite a few people here who are in a flare and not dealign with blood. I guess it's quite common. unfortunately for me, I am a bleeder.. I also have quite abit of mucus. real cute, huh?
Posted 7/19/2009 3:52 AM (GMT 0)
I don't think I ever saw mucus, really. If I had any, it wasn't all that much. I didn't have a lot of blood...none at all, really, until I was going over 10 times a day.
Posted 7/19/2009 4:49 AM (GMT 0)
I love posts like these because it shows how different patients are. I flared for over a year and never ever saw blood. I've have had mucus those...there were days where I would fart mucus...very lady like. I guess my flare was 'mild' but I was miserable.
Posted 7/19/2009 6:12 AM (GMT 0)
My flares for 14 years were totally blood-free....a far cry difference from when I was first diagnosed.

For the past 3 years, 3 of my mild flares have had a teeny amount of blood.

Diarrhea isn't usually an issue anymore since my flares are pretty much limited to the rectum now.

Mucus...I definitely have that, more noticable again with more formed stools and early in a flare.

Britney...are you having urgency as well?

quincy
Posted 7/19/2009 7:18 AM (GMT 0)
I find it very interesting that some people can flare and not have mucous and blood. How do you know you are flaring and don't have just IBS? Is it related to feelings of urgency? The reason I ask is that I had IBS for many years before getting my first flare. Plus, I always determine whether or not I'm flaring based on whether or not there is blood. It would be horrible to find out I really was flaring all these years and didn't know it.

Here are my symptoms and how I categorize them:

IBS
Diarrhea after eating something I shouldn't have eaten.
Tons of gas/bloating after eating something I shouldn't have eaten.
Abdomen makes noises before getting diarrhea.
Urgency when have diarrhea.

Colitis Flare
Blood.
Mucus (I don't get much though, and I always have blood when I have mucus).
Always have urgency.
May or may not have diarrhea (depends on stage of flare).
May or may not have gas/bloating (depends on stage of flare).
Posted 7/19/2009 10:23 AM (GMT 0)
i keep seeing all these posts about people with colitis that do not have blood in their stools???
For me, it was inevitable to have a lot of blood and mucous during a flare since the begining. i guess i had it worse than others.
Posted 7/19/2009 12:08 PM (GMT 0)
At the moment I am getting a mix of formed, soft but formed, and diarrhoea. I think I have a bit of IBS aswell as the proctitis but I know that the proctitis is beginning to flare again because I am off the steroids, and my symptoms have been returning since I dropped below 25mg. I am beginning to get mucous also, but thankfully no blood as yet.
Posted 7/19/2009 3:14 PM (GMT 0)

I have to agree with Joy.  I was diagnosed years ago - about 30 with IBS.  Had two sigmoids over the years to determine why I had so much diarrhea episodes.  Only until I started passing blood and mucous did I get a diagnosis of UC.  However, my gastro doctor now - looking at my history - things I may have nad UC many years off and on flaring with no blood or mucous.  I was never given any blood tests, etc. to find out for sure.

ElaineNY

Posted 7/19/2009 7:07 PM (GMT 0)
mucus and blood is a must for me.... my flare up starts with mucus then slowly within a couple of days gets in blood... the more the flare up increases the more mucus & blood i get.
Posted 7/19/2009 7:16 PM (GMT 0)
     I had IBS as far back as childhood.  I remember getting diarrhea before tests, before going on a date...etc..  Thought it was just "nerves".  Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 1998 at age 52.  Symptoms started as lots of mucus in stools, passing gas with long strands of mucus.  Quickly developed bloody diarrhea, loss of weight, cramping, tenesmus.  However, held off going to the hospital because I had made an appointment with a GI and had to wait a month.  Husband wound up taking me to ER before I was able to make it to the GI because my temperature shot up to 102.  I was on the verge of a blood transfusion.  Hospitalized for eight days back then.  Second hospitalization was in May of 08 for ten days.  Now in second flare in less than a year.  Only enjoyed a seven month remission this last time cry
Posted 7/19/2009 8:26 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know how but I can tell the difference between my UC and my IBS. I'm pretty tuned into my body in that sense. I don't agree that if you don't have blood or mucus you coulnd't have UC. I had 3 colonoscopies in the time that I flared and my GI saw ulcers, and I trust his judgement.
Posted 7/19/2009 8:31 PM (GMT 0)
I also remembered something else, my abdomen gets really hot when I'm flaring. Heat is a sign of inflammation.

For those who have flared but have no blood/mucus, does your abdomen get hot?
Posted 7/19/2009 11:52 PM (GMT 0)
I don't remember it getting hot? Heat is definitely a sign of inflammation. What an interesting symptom
Posted 7/20/2009 12:48 AM (GMT 0)
I don't remember my abdomen getting hot. Even though I don't have much blood and mucus, there's NO doubt that it's not IBS. My C-scope confirmed that...it would have been "unremarkable" if I had IBS and not UC. Instead, my entire colon was inflammed, but I only had very, very small ulcers. Maybe that's why I didn't have much blood and mucus. Or maybe I did have mucus and my diarrhea was so liquidy it was really hard to see. At any rate, I also feel that I don't have IBS because food doesn't seem to make any difference, and because I don't seem to go back and forth between good and bad days.  Another reason I know I have UC is because I responded to the mesalamine drugs and to prednisone.  Neither would have helped IBS. 

I also don't feel that the amount of blood equates to how bad the flare is. At my worst, I had 20 or so extremely urgent BMs/day, and was 25 lbs below my pre pregnancy weight (and I'd gained about 25 lbs during pregnancy) by four months after I had my baby.

Posted 11/8/2010 11:55 PM (GMT 0)
I have had mucus and blood almost everyday for the past 10 years. What I don't have is the extreme urgency to use the bathroom or constant diarrhea that I have seen reported. I guess when I am having a more severe case of U.C. then I have the urgency and diarrhea but generally my bowels are normal except the very visible mucus and blood. Anyone else have it like this?
Posted 11/9/2010 1:28 AM (GMT 0)
I have never had blood, mucus yes. I have severe uc throughout my whole colon also. I guess that is a plus.
Posted 11/9/2010 1:36 AM (GMT 0)
I have had blood or mucous, or both, every day for the last 8 months now, but no other symptoms.  Generally going only once a day, feeling fine.  Weird, huh?  It really is interesting to see how everyone's symptoms differ.  If I didn't have any blood or mucous, I would assume I didn't have any UC at all!
Posted 11/9/2010 2:31 AM (GMT 0)
I have farts of mucous in the past few days. Yuck. Now I'm making it to the bathroom in time. I flared for the first time, and never saw blood, but my bms were all liquid.
Posted 11/9/2010 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, I am in that boat right now. Hoping the boat continues to float. I wasn't sure if I was in a flare or not. It's like we exhibit some symptoms but all?

For me, it's a little bit of mucous, dime sized now and then, sometimes just a little drop mixed in the mucous. Otherwise, just well formed poop, sort of long though. Strange..
like a loop once in a while. But I use the enema when I feel a bit more diarrhea and when I feel more pain in my left side. btw, that other feelings of jelly and then a little ball, in my left side I described the other day, seems to have gone away again. it goes away after a visit to the bathroom. I was having mild problems with it, in just little bits at bathroom time, then more would come out, then little bits, then more. So, feeling OK for the most part now.

It's a bit funny typing this, to describe poop! Yes, this is probably the only forum we could do this! haha
Posted 11/9/2010 4:55 PM (GMT 0)
I usually just have mucus but I have had blood in my stool before but it's only been like 3 times in the last few years when I've flared so it's really rare for me.
Posted 11/10/2010 6:11 AM (GMT 0)

Britney_ said...
Anybody have UC (going about 6 times a day)but no blood or mucus?

Yep. Most of the time. Pain seems to be the biggest issue for me at this moment.
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