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Misdiagnosed?

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gab74944
gab74944

hello

so back to august, my stomach started gurgling a LOT. Then, I saw a little ammount of red blood in the toilet. I went to the doctor and I had blood tests that were perfectly normal. But I still saw red blood in my stools from time to time plus mucous. I then went to a specialist who referred me for a flexible sigmoidoscopy. I had it in late november and there was no polyp but apparently I have an aphthoid proctitis. also, biopsies were taken and the results are normal except a small edema of Chorion (what is it?). So I guess it was the cause of the red blood in my stools and the mucous. HOwever, my gut is still gurgling (on left side mainly). I am so afraid that the diagnosis is not proctitis but a cancer as the flexible sigmoidoscopy didnt went through all my colon... I dont know what to do

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  • delio
    delio gab74944

    Posted

    Do I understand correctly that the sigmoidoscopy found the source of the mucus and bleeding to be proctitis? It is only the gurgling that you are concerned about now?

    • gab74944
      gab74944 delio

      Posted

      hello. yes the gurgling worries me a lot! Also I dont understand how the biopsies results can be normal apart from an edema of the lamina propria? thank you x

    • delio
      delio gab74944

      Posted

      It is good that they found the source of the bleeding and mucus. Gurgling can be caused by lots of things, from IBS to eating certain types of foods. If you are concerned about it, you should speak to your doctor.

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