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| Fri, 04-08-2005 - 6:10pm |
I'm 25yrs old and for the past week I've had really bad cramps (yes it is my time of the month) but my bowel movement if any is really loose and about 95% of it is pure blood! This happens more than three times a day. I don't know what the problem is. I've been eating rasisns thinking that would help me get back to normal but so far not. Everything has been fine until this week. Any thoughts? Thank you.

Hi and Welcome jane09
GOOD LUCK TO YOU
DONNA
Thanks Donna for posting
Hi Jane,
Welcome to the board.
Please do not wait any longer to make an appt with a Gastroenterologist. If you are having as much blood as you indicated it is very serious. Yes, it is not that uncommon for some of us on this board to have blood in our stools and deal with loose or constipated stools, HOWEVER, most of us have also been to doctors and are aware of when it happens and know that it is not anything more serious and what to do if neccesarry. I started having problems like you did a couple of years ago (was in my early twenties) and had a colonoscopy which is what I think you were referring to as far as the test done and it also came back looking fine.....YET three days later I was checked into a hospital and spent a week there with every test done under the sun, surgeory, and thanks to the infection I had not only had IV antibiotics, but three other strong ones after leaving the hospital which did not finish the job so ended up taking more totaling over 5 weeks worth. It wrecked havoc on my body like you could not imagine and I had to have blood drawn twice a week for months to monitor things........
Like the other poster said, do not prolong this b/c those of us who have in the past know the serious financial, physical and time consequences that can only get worse.
That is not a normal part of your menstrual cycle and you need to see a gastroenterologist (specializes in digestive matters) ASAP.
I agree, you need to be seen and seen soon.
Lynn,
I will let you know when I get the xp back