Can Crohns disease have no other symptoms than vague pain and blood in stool?
Thought I had a hernia, but CT scan showed bleeding in the colon and anemia. More tests in a week… Doc said maybe Crohns disease, but I don’t seem to have the classic symptoms. Could this be a lot worse?
Tagged with: anemia • classic symptoms • colon • crohns disease • ct scan • hernia
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I was diagnosed w/Crohns Disease 3 years ago and like you, I had none of the "classic symptoms". After months of pain, several surgeries, 3 colonoscopies and 6 pints of blood…the surgeon did an exploratory surgery and found 3 feet of "diseased" bowel…..meaning that it was dead and was removed.
For your sake, I hope that whatever it is that you are dealing w/is not Crohns. Perhaps you have IBS-Irritable Bowel Syndrome and that is far more controllable w/diet and the occasional medications.
MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS OF IBS WILL BE CONFUSED WITH CROHNS DISEASE, AND VICE VERSA. YOU ALSO MUST RULE OUT DIVERTICULITIS AS WELL.