In the process of getting an Dx
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- I've had symptoms of UC for about 3 years now and am in the process of trying to get a diagnosis. My symptoms include bloody stools, anemia, cramping and left sided stomach pain. Last year i went to the hospital with excessive pain and bleeding. A Ct scan was done and showed thickening in the walls of the rectum. I then had a flex sigmoidoscopy several weeks later after symptoms subsided. The doctor didn't take an biopsies, said everything looked normal and sent me on my way. Since then, I continued to have symptoms on a regular basis but haven't been taken seriously.
Last week, the cramping became so intense that i had to go back to the hospital. At that time i was passing large amounts of bloody mucous following one bout of diarrhea. I had 3 days of passing only mucous and blood with no stool. My BMs have begun to normalize but i continue to have pain.
Stool samples are negative with the exception of the presence of white and red blood cells.
So, my question is, does this sound like UC and if it is, would a scope show it definitively if symptoms are not active during the scope?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer.
-SB
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Zemus90 shabarr
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yes it would show there's other tests that can be done if your unhappy with how doctors look at you tell them let them know you feel like your time is being wasted i did same made 3 complaints about my gp he said it was just ibs I don't believe it for a second I then traveled 30 miles to a new doctor told him he then sent me for test that only took 2 weeks that day I was rushed into hospital as the doctor said to me in surprised your still standing of had that much blood loss in 2 years after 14 days in hospital I new I had uc don't let the so call medical professionals bully you or make you second your self get second or 3rd or more but saying that there's very simple test that can be done like a biop