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Posted 7/5/2018 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
Good afternoon everyone!

So Ive been on 2g of oral Pentasa (the pellet ones) twice daily for about 2 months and its been great, no blood or mucus and I’m having daily solid BM’s.

Sometimes I see the pellets on the stool but I guess this is normal?

However today I have started to see blood on the stool again..

The only change Ive made is for the last 3 days Ive been doing a home workout for about 30 mins a day, could this have triggered it maybe?

It really felt like things were looking up and this is a real downer.


Any feedback much appreciated, thanks
1Wish
Posted 7/5/2018 5:41 PM (GMT 0)
"The only change Ive made is for the last 3 days Ive been doing a home workout for about 30 mins a day, could this have triggered it maybe?" Likely unrelated. I'd try not to panic over 1-day of symptoms, as it takes a pattern of symptoms over the course of a number of consecutive days to be a flare. We all can have bad/off days, perhaps a reaction to something we had ate, etc.
Posted 7/5/2018 6:50 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks iPoop, I appreciate the advice.

Seems to be accompanied by stomach cramps and gas, I had something similar about 1 month ago that lasted for about 4 days but no blood that time, the gas/cramps seem to come and go but seeing the blood this time also is a real bummer..

I’ll post an update in a few days in case anyone browsing this thread is experiencing the same.

1Wish
Posted 7/5/2018 7:21 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with iPoop, 1-day of symptoms is hard to draw conclusions about. Keep monitoring and see how you do.
I will say, when I'm in a bit of a flare a really intense work out can make my symptoms temporarily worst. Like I'll be feeling healthy enough to go for a long run, but when I come home I'm cramping and having crazy diarrhea. It can be a bit of a shock to the system to work your muscles and cardiovascular system, when your body is already focusing on trying to heal inflammation. Sometimes it's better to not push ourselves too hard before the body is ready.
Posted 8/25/2018 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone, I’m in a real situation right now and hoping someone can shed some light on it.

So basically I’ve been having perfect BM’s for months by taking the oral Pentasa 2g.

about 1 month ago I got bronquitis, they gave me a 3 day antibiotic course then I went on a 7 day cruise around Greece.

During the cruise I was having normal BM’s with the exception of maybe a day or two. I started having muscle pains half way through the trip and that lasted right until the end.

Since I got back, 13 days now, I’ve had nothing but diarrhea, the last 6 days have been intense and I’m going 12 + times a day, Ive only been awake today 7 hours and been 12 times.

I was actually in hopsital Thursday because I went to the emergency room to try and see someone. They kept me in and did blood tests, stomach xray an ultrasound.
The next day a digestive specialist basically said I can go home as its not hospital urgent according to what they see.

Diagnosis was possibly either gastroenteritis or mild UC flare.

They gave me the following to take (these are the Spanish names):
Ciprofloxacino 500mg
Metronidazol500mg
Probiotics
And a bland diet


My symptoms are:
Diarrhea for almost 2 weeks
Going 10+ times during the last 6 days
I see no blood ( is it hard to see in diarrhea? Would I defintely know if I did?) it just seems to look brown/yellow
Stomach cramps
Night sweats for at least a month
I started getting weird wrist and finger pain and swolen fingers which seems to have gone now but the doc dismissed that as carpal tunnel maybe, Ive never experienced that before.

No temperature


Does this look a normal UC flare or seems like all of a sudden the UC got extremely worse? Or could it be a nasty bug Ive got?

Like I mentioned I dont see blood which was the sign for me before when I had constipation before starting Pentasa.
At times the diarreah seems “sticky”. Sorry for the details but I’m really lost right now.


I appreciate any feedback
1Wish

Post Edited (1Wish) : 8/25/2018 8:16:45 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/26/2018 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
I'd recommend getting a stool test for possible infectious causes to your symptoms. Clostridium difficile is a suspect after antibiotics.

Antibiotics can sometimes cause flares. Ask for a Fecal Calprotectin stool test to check for intestinal inflammation.
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