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hydrogen breath test anyone?

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jo19531
jo19531

Has anyone had this done? I'm just wondering if it's liable to upset my tummy as it's a 30 mile trip home for me from the hospital I'm to attend! Need to be prepared!! The barium I had recently went thro me within 2 hrs so it was lucky I live a stones throw from that particular hospital! Any advice appreciated thanks x

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  • susan07204
    susan07204 jo19531

    Posted

    Hi Jo yes I also had it done only a few months ago they tryed to tell me to go to another hospital for my treatment and I said no because I was like you I spent all the day before all that night and the next day the diarrhoea was like explosive diarrhoea so the told me I could go to the hospital

    that was just 5 min from my home tell the hospital that your worded about it cos of the way you were as they can take you in the night before you treatment hope that helps good luck and I hope you have some really good tablets for the cramps xx

    • susan07204
      susan07204 jo19531

      Posted

      Hi Jo sorry I thought you were going in for a colonoscopy I don't know how a breath test has to do with crohns as I never heard of getting a breath test for crohn the breath test your going for I

      don't think you need to get a berium I think you have to blow into

      a balloon then you got to drink a small amount of lactose sucrose then they take other great samples over about every 15 min

      they can keep doing this about 5 times so I don't think you need a berium but I could be wrong phone the hospital as they put

      your mind at rest good luck let me know how you get on xx

  • victoria_96091
    victoria_96091 jo19531

    Posted

    Sorry. Unfortunately I don't know anything about Crohn's disease. I have OFG and it's not the symptoms, treatments nor experience to share with you.

     

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