New - Question about my new symptoms

Hi
I have had Crohn's off and on for about 40 years. about 1 month ago I woke in the middle of the night with the worst pain which I have since learned was burning pain that I ever had and had diarrhea for about 2 hrs. So I thought it was a Crohn's flare and started taking prednisone (self-medicating, not good.) Seems that I now have gastritis and no sign of Crohn's (had and endoscopy and colonoscopy.) My symptoms are: get up in morning and feel fine take my pills with food and a PPI pill and still feel fine. Have tea and about 1\2-1 hr afterwards I feel like I want to throw up. That lasts for a few hours and then I have a BM and it seems to get better. I am slowly weaning off the pred and take 2 PPI a day, morning and evening. My gastro put me on Questran, 1 at night to bind bile salts.

This is all a bit new and scary for me. It doesn't seem to matter if I eat or not. Has anyone had similar symptoms or have any suggestions. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Mary, I had to go on Questran after my gallbladder surgery & small bowel resection. Stay on the meds your dr has prescribed. I would leave the pred alone, it will not help your issue at all. Give the Questran a couple of weeks, get the dr to change you to something else for the diarrhea. There are other meds that he can change you to for diarrhea. You need to stay away from caffeine until you get the diarrhea under control.

Thank you for the replies. I have Zofran but have been afraid to take it. Have gone off coffee. I was wondering if my issue might be a slowing of my stomach emptying.

Mary, gastritis is inflammation in the lining of your stomach due to stomach acids. Some people are prone to this for whatever reason. It will cause the symptoms you are experiencing. By chance did your dr test you for h-pyloria? If not, call his office & request that you also be checked for this.

I also suggest you talk to your pharmacist about taking an antacid too. He can tell you what one & when to take it since you are on a PPI. You need a fairly bland diet, eat several small meals a day instead of 3 normal ones. Put nothing in your gut that can be irritating.

Do as Sharon suggested, ask for some Zofran for nausea. Since it's a weekend, ask your pharmacist about taking Emetrol, its available OTC & for nausea.

Mary:

If you are taking 2 PPIs a day, I wouldn't take any antacids until you speak to your doctor. He probably won't want you to change anything until you get the biopsy results, and those results seem to take roughly a week from the gastroscopy.

Sharon