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Posted Yesterday 5:24 PM (GMT 0)
Since Halloween I've experienced a lot of improvement, to the extent that I considered that I was 90% recovered from this flare. In november I had to take antibiotics for an infection but stopped after 3 days since it brought back the symptoms. Right after that I was doing amazingly for a couple of weeks, but on friday I started to feel weird; my stools were looser and they irritated me; frequency went up again, and voilá, yesterday I just couldn't go to work because of the pain, urgency, and all.

However, the weirdest thing for me is that as my symptoms started to worsen a week ago, I started to see very thin, short filaments or threads in my stool... they are 3-5 milimeters long, dark brown, thinner than hair, kind of "granulated" and I have no idea what they are. I initially thought they were just fiber from food; they actually look like banana fiber (you know, bananas have these threads when they are mature, and these little things look like that) and I was sure it was that because I had been eating bananas on a daily basis until last week. However... it's been 6 days since I ate the bananas and I still see these little filaments/threads... they all look the same, and they are fairly abundant I'd say. I'm starting to freak out and think I may have some sort of parasite/worm and that they may be contributing to the comeback of this flare. Any ideas?????
Posted Yesterday 5:33 PM (GMT 0)
parasites are almost naked to the eye. You can read more on humaworm.com. My bf did a 30 day cleanse. He doesn't have UC and I would not recommend if in a flare, it's hard on the gut even for him. He losts weight and had great size poops, but most of the time he felt funny and sick on it, but he made it for the 30 days. Check out their site they have pictures of worms there too. Good luck.
Posted Yesterday 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
Call the Dr, take a sample and have it analyzed.
Posted Today 8:25 AM (GMT 0)
I would say it's shreds of mucous/stool mixed but really loose as in when one has an inflamed colon..everything gets rushed more hurridly.

Since inflammation happens in incriments/degrees, you're now having the clincher symptoms that you recognise.

You should get your stool checked if you're concerned...but to me it sounds like what I sometimes get when things are heading into a flare if the inflammation involves my entire rectum and a bit ore.

If you have rectal meds, I would suggest you use them...as well as up the probiotics and add fibre supplements.


Hope you feel better soon,
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Posted Today 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
Heptacampeâo,

Yes, if you suspect any type of parasite, you should definitely get a stool sample analysis.

But I'm wondering if taking the antibiotics was enough to eradicate any good gut flora you might have had and thereby creating a big problem?

Have you tried adding back, or adding if you weren't before, some good probiotics?

I would recommend VSL#3 because they are especially formulated for UC with the most number of billions of active cultures.

Let us know what happens with your stool cultures.

Posted 12/17/2011 8:11 PM (GMT 0)
Get a stool sample. Doctors treated my bloody stool with Asacol for a month with no success. I was convinced i had a parasite. They told me "oh we cant sit here and do 100 different tests on you". I went to emerg and had to beg them to take s stool sample and 1 week later they called me that i had a parasite in my colon which triggered my colitis flare and put me on the hospital for 40 days. Listen to your body. Insist on a stool sample. Most colitis flares are triggered by a bacteria or parasite activity in your body. Parasites are scary and can be fatal. Also, taking steroids makes parasites grow and proliferate more making colitis worse. So make sure u r parasite free before steroid recommendations from our kick back money making pharmaceutical world doctors.
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