i am 24 years old male, I have been to
pakistan in nov-dec 2005, and during my
stay there I suffered from a recurrent
diarrhea for 3 times within a week, and
for the last time, I had watery diarrhea
for 7 times within 3 hours. I went to
see er doctor in pakistan and she gave me
ciproxin and it stopped the diarrhea on
the next day but my stools became loose
and yellowish with alot of undigested food
and vegetables in it. After finished up
the ciproxin, I went back to see the gi
specialist in the same hospital and the
dcotor checked on me, after listening to
my symtoms, where by only yellowish stools
with undigested food and mucous, he said I
was having acute inflamation on my rectum
due to bacteria infection even tho he did
not run any stools test on me. So, he
gave me a kind of probiotic, rabecid and
colenticon. Things got improved where my
stools were more brown but still abit
loose sometimes, but this time, the mucous
on the toilet paper had some visible blood
stroll in it. I was freaked out. So I
flew back to my country to see a local gi
specialist, he checked on me, as usual due
to my healthy look as I do not have any
other kind of symtoms other than the
problematic inconsistent bm, he said I was
suffering from colon inflamation due to
bacteria infection. He gave me flagyl,
motilium, zentel and two tablets which I
forgot name which only needed to take once
for a week. Things got improved where my
stools where more solid and not so loose,
but still mucous was there on the toilet
paper. On the fifth day of the
medication week, I suffered from diarrhea
again with bloody mucous after having two
burgers on the previous day for lunch. I
continued with the medication and the
diarrhea subsided. I went back to see
the doctor and he said I was improving and
I do need to run endoscopy unless my
diarrhea got worse but this time I told
him about my stomach problem where I have
alot of bloating after each meal, he gave
me abox of klacid and motilium for a week
and ask me to go back to see him after
completed the medication. After taking
the medication, my stools starting to
formed better and more brownish, and the
subsequent stools which were originally
loose was getting more solid as well. But
today, after I have taken the last pill of
the medication, and the first bm in the
morning, the first 2 stools were normal
but the subsequent stools were abit loose
again, and the toilet paper still has
mucous with visible blood strolls in it.
In the afternoon, I had another bm and the
stools is abit yellowish with lotsa
undigested vegetables, mucous but with no
blood. I do not have any fever,
dizziness, weakness and abdominal pain.
But I do have inconsistent urge to toilet
every morning, and my bm would be
sometimes once for or twice everyday. My
appetite is still good, I have been taking
very clear non olily food for the past two
week such as poriddge, steam cooked fish,
steam cooked chicken, vegetables for lunch
or dinner and noodles or bread for
breakfast. I lost around 2kg after my
trip to pakistan. I have somekind of
uncomfortable feeling around my rectum and
anus. I am really worried now because I
have taken alot of medication and yet the
problem still cannot be resolved. And it
has really affected my work as I need to
travel to 3rd world country frequently for
projects. So, I 'd really appreciate if
some one can give me some useful advices
and opinions. Is it possible that I
might have colon cancer?
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Snowy
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 34 Location: ARKANSAS
Inflamed Colon Posted: 03-24-06 22:11pm
Have you had a colonoscopy? If not, next
time your diarrhea flares up, I would ask
your gi about it. If it is colitis, maybe
curving your diet could prevent these
horrible flare ups.
