Pain

I have suffered 5 years plus with UC. Sometimes the pain I suffer can be indescribable but I blame that mostly on meds! Lower back, abdomen and left side of stomach mostly. Some meds affect the joints too and pain in those areas is different. Altogether a hellish disease. I hope u r able to manage ur condition well but I advise you to talk to a specialist re your pain! Good luck!

Hi Millmix,

   First off, this is not spam...always willing to help another Ucer help. Have you ever been in remission? Also, about how many Bowel movements a day...typically when flared? Well first off, congrats on fighting UC for 2.5 years, not that it is a badge of honor, but it is a tough illness. Ok, so of course I have my degree is science and continuing my education, and just covered Crohns disease at the microscopic level....I also battled U.C. So, since I am not yet a practioner nor claim to be, I can comment from experience and education. Typically UC you will have right sided pain or left, typically right sided. So, when I had UC, I would get a slight right side, such as yourself. I never got entire stomach pain, even with going 5-8x a day. Now, things like bowel obstruction...which is darn hard to dx with UC because, technically you can be obstructed/blockage and only liquid stool passes, the stomach might bloat up or have a full feeling. Problem? People with UC, these are already common symptoms. So only on a CT can provide that answer, x-rays are useless. However, yes people have experienced pain all over. The thing is when you say stomach, is it really intestine? I am assuming it is. That's the other part when superficially( on the surface, like from our eye point of few, or touching something ) trying to evaluate ourselves. So to answer your question, yes people report sharp pain. Yes, it can certainly be one sided( typically is ), and yes it can be all over the Colon, or stomach region for better purpose of a term. Also you said when you lie down you have the pain....are you passing stool? When you lay down, everything like to go up and push back in. Example, many acid reflux people report when laying down, boom heart burn, or acid reflux to the point they cannot sleep, so they have to sleep with their head up....our body does strange things, even in restful positions. I take that back, I did have sharp pain once. 

       The pains I got were right sided, and it put me in a position where I would go into a sorta fetal position, that helped...remember what I said about acid reflux sufferers, sometimes changing position, i.e not laying down completely flast helps. Also, what has worked in salt baths, that are warm. Also, an on point diet. 

So I answered your questions. My opinion advise. You claimed you never had this before, no pain, just urgency, blood, and mucous- which all just occured in the last week, beyond a few days, which means it may not be accute. My opinion is this, if your symptoms worsen or do not go away, because they are new symptoms, go make an appointment with a gastenterologist. I say this because these are new symptoms, which some are becoming chronic, like your right sided pain. I am not trying to scare you, because people do have these symptoms. I did too. However, in your case, since they are new, and the right sides pain may not be accute....you don't want to wait until it turns chronic. 

         Understand the colon has many areas. Most are afflicted in the rectum and sigmoid part of the colon- the part of the colon, right after the rectum. What I am trying to say UC can attact other parts of the colon. Ex. If you only had UC in the rectum and sigmiod, but now it might have temporarily went somewhere else, it may cause symptoms in that region. Now do you see what I am saying? UC is just an umbrella term, but there are dxs underneath it, like Pan Colitis, which means entire colon. So I hope I helped answer your question. 

      Also our mucous Membranes have what is called,  Epithelial tissue. Our mucous membranes help with our ability to digest food etc, It can be used as what is deemed a physical Barrier, using it to block pathogens. In a normal person that is great....in an unhealthy, if our defense mechanism is used against us, inflammation can happen. Defensins a group of molecules , which found in the large intestine, help defend the attachment and attack pathogens. If we have a reduction in these, it can predispose someone to UC. - Just a nerdy easier way of explaining things.

      My opinion advice, is to go to your doctor, as your symptoms can mirror many problems, most likely it is just UC. However, being that U.C mimics so many other problems....if your in pain, and it is new, and it has lasted over a week, becoming chronic.....then MO see a doctor. Not to scare you, as these can be, and most likely are UC. However, again for reasons above, the main part is, this is new for you in 2.5 years. This is not meant to scare you in anyway. Feel free to look me up, and will talk anytime.