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UC or infectious colitis ??


Sat, September 07, 2019 7:59 PM

Hello, wondering if anyone has any insight to my issue. Since a couple months after my sons birth last September I have had two incidents of mild blood and mucus when I use the restroom mostly with stool and a couple times without. This has happened twice in the last year for about a week to two weeks at a time and then goes away. I had a colonoscopy in March and they found internal hemorrhoids and erythematous mucosa (colitis) in a small part 
of my transverse colon. The biopsy came back as likely infectious colitis. They did a ton of blood work and the Premetheus IBD panel which tests for IBD and everything came back negative. They gave me Cipro and Flagyl which I finished but forgot a few doses and had to catch up. I was fine for the last four to five months and then recently had another flare up with the little bit of mucus with blood I had a cat scan and it’s still showing colitis. I have a follow up appt in a month. Any ideas what’s going on ?? I’ll also be submitting a stool test this week.

FPO dani7777
Joined Aug 12, 2019

Wed, September 11, 2019 11:23 AM

Reply posted for dani7777.

Hi dani7777
Sorry to read you are having challenges with your health.  These questions are best answered by you GI or other healthcare provider.
To learn more about managing disease flare ups view the brochure Managing Flares and IBD Symptoms at: https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2019-07/managing-flares-brochure-final-online.pdf
 

FPO administrator
Joined Oct 12, 2017

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