Enlarged tonsils and digestive problems Posted: 02-10-07 09:48am
starting with my throat, for the last half
a year to a year, i have had enlarged
tonsils, they never seem to go away or go
down, along with the tonsils, if i push my
finger down my throat past my tonsils i
can feel all these weird bumps on my
throat and it feels like there is somthing
caught in my throat and i cant swollow
properly, the doctor keeps telling me that
its nothing.to make the problems worse for
about the same amount of time i have been
having alot of digestive problems, loose
stool, pains in and around the abdomen,
and muscus in my stool. i was wondering if
these two diffrent areas could be
affeceted by the same illness or is it two
diffrent things i can be suffering from,
please give me some tips on how to get
better
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General Q&A Answer A2359 Posted: 02-23-07 05:48am
You may ask for second opinion from an
ENT-specialist about the first condition
with your throat, to identify if there is
really “something weird caught” in
your throat ,or not.
Given the symptoms of the second condition
(“loose stool”, abdominal pain, and
mucus in the stool) you could be
experiencing some type of colon
inflammation, or colitis. To reveal the
nature of possible colitis, you'll need to
perform a few medical investigations:
standard blood work such as blood count,
sedimentation, CRP, liver status;
microbiological examination of the stool,
and an occult blood test. A colonoscopy
can be performed later, if necessary.
It doesn’t seem likely that the symptoms
from the throat and colon are connected in
any way.
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