Worried =( - Bowel Disorders Message Board

DannyUK · 04-12-2003, 05:27 AM

Hi im 20 years old and for the last 6 weeks have had bright red blood in my stools, i went to see a doctor after the first week and he said "go away and see if it gets better" which i thought was **** advice, i went back last week because it was still no better and my doctor referred me to the hospital. They admitted me straight away and were arranging for me to have a colonoscopey but they screwed up and "forgot" to arrange the procedure. I am now waiting for an outpatient appointment for this procedure to be done. My symptoms are very little energy, light headed and i feel sick after ive eaten. when i have a BM it is usually mucus followed by a bloody unformed stool then followed by what i percieve as a lot of bright fresh blood. There is a small amount of pain in my rectum but nowhere else. I am extremely worried about this especially when i am at such a young age, could anyone offer some words of wisdom of what this could be to try and put my mind at rest until my colonoscopey appointment comes through

Many Thanks

mlgable · 04-12-2003, 08:40 AM

While you are waiting for the colonoscopy I would add some yogurt with live active cultures or acidophillis capsules to your daily routine to try to help get your intestinal flora back to normal. Sounds like you might have some type of intestinal bug that is causing some of this. You could have any number of things causing the bleeding from gastroenteritis to other things. Until they find out other wise via colonscopy think positive that it might only be a GI bug. Has the doc tested your stools though for C-diff or ova and parasites? If not I would ask about this too since these simply stool tests might be part of the answer to your problem.

DannyUK · 04-12-2003, 09:02 AM

They took a stool sample and tested it a few weeks ago but it cameback "ok" what would that be for? After eating i do feel nauseaus but im petrified of it being something like cancer or crohns disease

JanettoB · 04-12-2003, 05:03 PM

The stool sample was probably to test for parasites. You might just have a bad bleeding hemmoroid since it is bright red....let's think positive...you are very young!!! The lightheadedness etc, might be caused from the loss of blood and thus a low hemoglobin level. They really need to check that....you don't need to pass out somewhere...like driving!!!! As for the colonoscopy...you probably will not remember a thing!!! Let us know how everything goes!!! Take Care. Janetto

Samuelemouse · 04-12-2003, 06:31 PM

Tests for parasites are not always accurate. Sometimes it is the way that they do them. It is a positive that the colour of your blood is bright red because it means that it is local and chances are that it is simply hemorrhoids (without ruling out some other problem).