How to tell difference between Diverticula bleeding and hemmoid bleeding

I am convinced that seeds,pips are bad for the condition, despite what they say now.  It is depressing because so many of the foods I used to love are out of my diet.  I have an allotment growing lovely strawberries and raspberries and it is so upsetting that I dare not eat them now.

Me too. I love strawberry grapes tomato beef beef burger. I get so depressed first thing on a morning I don't want to go out incase I need a toilet. I have arthritis and my knee and leg have seized up due to me not walking very much. So I am in slot of pain not only in my left side but my left hip and knee

Funnily enough I never used to eat a lot of fruit until I was diagnosed with IBS and I always had a tendency towards constipation.  I ate a lot of salad and veg though and still do.  It is really only in the last year or two that I have started to eat raspberries,strawberries and blueberries thinking they were good for health and bowel problems maybe I should leave them out although I don't get any pain from them as far as I can tell.  This all started on  friday night I had been for a walk and came back with lower left stomach pain and backpain assumed it was IBS and constipation. The following morning I had what I thought what a urine infection followed by blood in stool and then blood in the urine.  As it was a weekend I saw an emergency doctor who did a urine test and said did not think it was an infection but did give me 3 day course of antibiotics.  I think they were called Trimethroprim or something.  I do now wonder if this might hve been the start of a DD flare or not my gp was not sure.  I did not have temperature or feel ill.  Maybe I caught it quickly who knows.  From what I have read it is more usual to have diarreah with DD is that right?  I feel ok now apart from ongoing anxiety and arthritis pain just concerned about the blood in stools and how best to proceed diet wise.  As you say I have had the scope and got the all clear so not worried just want to sort it out.  I was wondering if taking another dose of fybogel in the evening might help.  I know the usual dose is twice a day. Might ask my gp about that.

When I have a diverticulitis attack, I have agonising pain, diarhea, nausea and fever. This subsides after 24 hours and then l'm on the antibiotics. After an attack keep fibre to a minimum for a week or two.

Thank you it does make  me think that this is more to do constipation and anxiety but I do have multiple diverticular right down the left hand side sigmoid and descending so constipation would affect this.  Lets hope I can sort it out.  Hope you are able to ward off any DD flares in the future.

I have multiple DD down the left side and pain If I get constipated it makes me feel so ill. So I make sure I drink plenty of water and have albran and a probiotic drink everyday Hope you feel better soon

I feel for you constipation is horrible without DD on top.  As I mentioned I am having a bowel movement once a day nearly always around 8am.  I know that the right amount of fibre is good but too much is as bad as not enough.  I also know that anxiety can cause constipation so that does not help add to that the fact that I have an underactive thyroid and my dose has been reduced in the last couple of months, I take a diurectic for blood pressure and calcium/vit D tablets all of which can cause constipation I feel that the odds are stacked against me.  Gp's don't seem to understand about things like this.  Mine told me you will be fine providing you drink enough water which is fair enough but I drink around 6 glasses plus some weak tea and I eat porridge,fruit/veg and wholemeal bread plus fybogel once a day.  If my stools are small balls but stuck together then according to the bristol scale chart that is constipation although they are easy to pass and it must be why I have blood again.  It is difficult to fathom out what to do for the best.  As mentioned I have booked an appointment with my gp for a week Monday but will try calling Tuesday to see if I can get an earlier one to see her.  Have a good weekend.

Hi there,if your poo is like you say,like"  little balls stuck together" that is typical of DD and is constipation so yes anthother dose of Fybogel is recommended.When i have slight flares (not a infection) i  need to pee alot,i once had blood in my urine and this was put down to irritation from the DD as i never found out what caused it and it cleared up on its own.

Thank you for your comments.  I will try a 2nd dose of fybogel in the evening.  I did not realise that this type of bowel movement was typical of DD you mostly hear about loose stools.  It is also typical I think of IBS.  I suppose it only takes a day or so of harder stools to flare up  DD, IBS or hemmeroids.  Your comment about urine ring true with me that is what my gp said irriation from the constipation (did not know I had DD at the time) but of course the DD as well.  Do you have any suggestions re diet I know everyone is different though.

I have had diverticulitis for 3 years and my poo is not like that, I think it affects people in different ways.  Even doctors don't have much idea about it.

Did your doctor not prescribe antibiotics Susan?

 

Yes x

Thank you Susan.  Glad to hear the antispasmodics and allbran are helping you.  I agree that DD and IBS as well are hard to live with.  Gp's as you say don't seem to know that much and they just say eat more fibre.  We know it is not as easy as just that and it is just trial and error.  I hope you will continue to do well and yes I am in the UK.

 

From what I have read on here the USA seam to deal with it different to the UK they operate a lot were as the UK only do something in an emergency. They seam to have a better insight than UK Having said that I wouldn't want a operation unless I was really bad

I agree with you Susan, I think surgery for me would be only if I were desperate, surgerey is not without risks.  There is a lot more research needed for this horrible disease.

 

I would love to know why most of us get diarrhoea first thing in a morning

Susan, I go to the loo first thing in the morning and it has been very loose.  However since I have been taken Regucol from Holland and Barrett it has stopped.  It is amazing, I cannot praise it enough, I first heard about it on a diverticulitis forum, it keeps everything flowing smoothly. 

 

I will buy some and try it. I am fed up of needing the loo. Maybe I could get my life back. Thank you

Look out for when it is on offer.

I used Regucol for about 12 months and it worked great,then I started getting loose again and my GP said the Fybogel was very similar so I take that now .Remember to drink plenty of water with it .The Regucol is Psyllium Husk and the Fybogel is Isphagula Husk .

The dr gave me fybergel but I only took it twice it made me feel constipated. I might try it again and see how I get on

You need to drink plenty of water or it does constipate you .