irish4me said...
Hey all - I was fortunate to have a few long periods of remission and I've had a long hiatus from this forum. Unfortunately, I've got some weird symptoms going on and would appreciate your input..
Have been in full remission for 18 months (after dropping Imuran which had been on for years). Out of nowhere a few weeks ago, had blood in stool. No other symptoms; no diarrhea, urgency, joint pain, etc. my last flare started this way, so GI ran labs (normal) and ordered 6 day mini-pred burst. Bleeding stopped but started again as soon done with pred.
I've now been on 20mg pred for just week with a scope scheduled in a few weeks. Starting to see blood again at this dose. Again, no diarrhea, urgency...basically no e of the other symptoms you would expect from a flare. Ive never had hemorrhoids or a fissure...just curious if either of those could cause symptoms like those I'm dealing with. Thoughts?
How much blood are you seeing? What is the frequency?
You can ask for a rectal exam to check for hemorrhoids. I've had them a lot and the blood is usually bright red and on the TP, but not a large amount. I think they can also present as blood in stool.
Have you done any blood work to check for inflammation? Another option is stool tests to check for inflammation, particularly fecal calproctecin. I find that the score is pretty accurate for me when i'm in remission vs. flaring.
Post Edited (Jane974) : 2/25/2017 10:00:25 PM (GMT-7)