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Ok I've been having really bad stomach cramps and diarrhia for about 5 days now, last night I was visiting the toilet every 30 minutes and couldn't sleep so today I went to the doctor and she thinks i've got Viral Gastroenteritus. She's given me painkillers, pills to calm my stomach, pills to stop the diarrhia and powder stuff to replace the bacteria in my stomach. I only started taking these earlier today. During the exam I mentioned that there was blood in my stool, and she wasn't too bothered by it, I guess it is just a syptom of Gastroenteritus. Since then my cramps haven't been as bad but the blood has gotten a lot worse. I've not been able to eat anything really for about 24 hours (no appetite and feel queesy whenever I do eat something, quickly followed by more cramping) so there's no real stool to talk of, it's pretty much just bloody water at the moment.
So I guess my question is will this get to point where I should go back to the doctors? Or should I just wait it out and see if the meds kick in. When is this a BAD sign?
So I guess my question is will this get to point where I should go back to the doctors? Or should I just wait it out and see if the meds kick in. When is this a BAD sign?
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Also, I'm not a Pharmacist but isn't painkillers when you've got stomach problems a bad idea?
It's a bit tough here, I'm in Hong Kong so there's definatly a language barrier when trying to speak to people over the phone. If it's bad in the morning I'll go back to the doctors.
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Most likely Viral Gastroenteritus.
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Constipation. Passing hard, dry stools may scrape or tear your anal lining, causing an anal fissure. You may notice small drops or streaks of bright red blood on your stool, on your toilet tissue or in the toilet bowl.
Hemorrhoids. These swollen and inflamed veins in your anus and rectum are another source of rectal bleeding. Again, you may notice small drops or streaks of bright red blood on your stool, on your toilet tissue or in the toilet bowl.
Diverticular bleeding. Diverticula are small, bulging pouches in the large intestine. Diverticula may cause painless, but sometimes severe bleeding.
Infection. Some bowel infections cause diarrhea and rectal bleeding. Abdominal cramping, nausea, vomiting and fever may be present as well. These infections are usually caused by eating contaminated food.
Colon polyps. A polyp is a small clump of cells. Although most colon polyps are harmless, some may eventually become cancerous. You may notice bright red blood on your toilet tissue after you've had a bowel movement.
Peptic ulcers. Peptic ulcers are open sores that develop on the lining of the stomach, upper small intestine or esophagus. Sometimes the ulcers bleed. In addition to upper abdominal pain, you may notice dark blood in your stools or black, tarry stools.
Inflammatory bowel disease. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are examples of inflammatory bowel disease. These often painful and debilitating conditions cause chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. Food moving through your digestive tract can cause the inflamed tissue to bleed. You may notice bright red blood in the toilet bowl or darker blood mixed with your stool.
Lack of blood supply to the bowel. If the blood flow to your small intestine or colon is reduced, you may develop intestinal ischemia. This may cause bright red or maroon-colored blood in your stool.
Colorectal cancer. Most colon and rectal cancers begin as small, harmless clumps of cells called polyps. Eventually, some of these polyps may become cancerous. You may notice rectal bleeding, along with a change in bowel habits, narrow stools, abdominal discomfort, a feeling that your bowel doesn't empty completely and unexplained weight loss.
In addition, iron supplements, certain foods — such as beets, licorice or blueberries — and some medications — such as bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) — may change the color of your stools to red, maroon or black.
If it's bright red that's *probably* less concerning - going that often would likely cause any minor hemmorhoid-type problems to flare up, and there's probably nothing they would do about it if it wasn't bothering you before this... but this is still an area that could use at least some type of doctor opinion
I looked around online and someone said it is probably something small, and the doctors will "pop" it and drain it out. But every time the pain gets "bad" it goes away and I stop bleeding. Has anyone heard of this? I know the doctor should be talked to, but I don't know who to talk to. I don't have a family doctor or anything like that.... And I really don't want a doctor sticking his finger up there, you know?
Jesus christ, that should be the least of your worries if you actually have something really bad going on. It's an examination. For your health. Don't let something stupid like that stop you from getting a potentially necessary examination.
I know. I really do... I'm pretty bad at stuff like that. Is there a certain doctor I should be trying to locate? A proctologist maybe? I'm not sure.
I'm sure just a general practitioner would be fine, and if not, they would know who to refer you to, if a referral is necessary.
I'll have to find one that accepts my insurance near me. I'm already getting nervous.. Man, I really SUCK at seeing a doctor for things. I'll watch a couple of episodes of House before I go. :P
Just do what I did and ask them to hit your G-spot while they're at it (it was a joke, and really helped with the awkwardness of it all).
HAHAHAH... I can't hardly talk to my girlfriend like that... I don't know if I can even jokingly say something like that.
1. Stool examination (Poo under microscope)
2. Endoscopy. A tiny camera is inserted in your Anus to take pictures of the colon, and also take a small sample of tissue for examination, this last one is called Biopsy.
For an endoscopy, which could be a little expensive, you need to go to bed with no food in your stomach, and after going through several induced toilet visits, an Enema is then applied to clean your colon, next morning, you are ready to be examined.
Sounds fun, isn't it?
But seriously I can feel the nub whenever I wipe, so it's not far into my colon at all. Unless, of course, you were speaking with the OP.
The procedure can be applied to both, you and the OP :winky:
Now, what you describe sounds more like Hemorrhoids, and this is discovered by a finger examination :P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemorrhoids
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After visual examination of the anus and surrounding area for external or prolapsed hemorrhoids, a doctor would conduct a digital examination. In addition to probing for hemorrhoidal bulges, a doctor would also look for indications of rectal tumor or polyp, enlarged prostate and abscesses.
Visual confirmation of hemorrhoids can be done by doing an anoscopy, using a medical device called an anoscope. This device is basically a hollow tube with a light attached at one end that allows the doctor to see the internal hemorrhoids, as well as polyps in the rectum.
If warranted, more detailed examinations, such as sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy can be performed. In sigmoidoscopy, the last 60cm of the colon and rectum are examined whereas in colonoscopy the entire bowel is examined.
A pathologist will look for dilated vascular spaces which exhibit thrombosis and recanalization.
Let's hope so.