Do you believe that it helps to take a supplement for colon health and to prevent yeast infections? I know that you can eat yogurt and get the same effect, but I was curious if taking the pill form would help out as well? What is the opinion? I read that the studies aren’t very conclusive and I was wondering what the current status was.

It all started out about the first week in December when I became very gassy and would fart way more than usual. About 2 days later I would have to go the bathroom 10 times a day with some bouts of diarrhea. For the next 10 days I would kept going to the bathroom upwards of 20-25 times a day with some diarrhea and blood. I went to the doctor and had an endoscopy, which showed some moderate inflammation in my transverse, and descending colon but everything else was normal. My blood test showed high monocytes and eosinophils but this could be due to my allergy with cats (my family has 2). My doctor then thought it was ulcer colitis but then changed his mind when he found a small obstruction in my intestine. As a result he put me on Entocort for Crohn’s Disease. However, it had no affect on me what so ever. Ever since December, I still go to the bathroom and poop out straight bright red blood every morning (NOT diarrhea) even though I’m on Prednisone, which now has my doctor thinking it could be an infection. Also on Prednisone, I’ve been having around 12-14 inch poops once a day.
My symptoms are just some bouts of diarrhea and constipation (going to the bathroom 20 times a day when not on Prednisone) with white oily mucus and straight blood in my stool. I’m always hungry and never get sick when I eat (This includes dairy). I don’t have any other symptoms of Crohn’s such as pain in my lower right part of my abdomen, rashes, joint pain, loss of appetite and weight, eye inflammation…. Basically, all of my symptoms are just intestinal so does this sound like Crohn’s still?
Also my stools have a very foul odor to them.
And I really don’t fart anymore since the first week in December.

This has been going on for a couple of weeks now. Today I also had some blood (not tons, but enough to make me concerned) in my feces, more than I’ve ever had before. The pelvic pain is on my left side above my hip towards the middle. The rectal pain is really sharp and will make me stop in my tracks, but it only lasts a few seconds. It just started today. I scheduled an appointment with my gyno, but the soonest appt they have is almost 3 weeks from now. Does anyone have any ideas as to what this may be or if I will need to seek medical care sooner? Thank you in advance.

what would define you to use a colon or a comma before a series of noun?

some common diseases include, blah, blah, blah
or
some common diseases include: blah, blah, blah

I am 25 years old, and I got my period when I was 9 or 10. Every since then when my period comes, I have sharp abdominal and rectal pain, and it feels like Im being stabbed, and it hurts too bad to sit down. I told my OBGYN, and she ran some tests, but came up with nothing. Any ideas what it could be?

For health and weight loss purposes, I am considering using a colon cleanser. Because there are over 200 on the market, I’m curious which one(s) you have used and what your experience was with them.

1) Have you used a colon cleanser?
2) If yes, what brand?
3) Were you please with the results? If no, why not?
4) Would you do it again?

Thanks in advance for your help!

i have rectal pain when i laugh cough and somtimes when i use the bathroom.I also sweat alot during sleep.Im 16 .Any help is apreachiated
thanks man i hope your right and not N.N

I took a BIG dump 2 days ago now. It didn’t really hurt at first but as I finished it started to hurt. I don’t know if I got streched or what but it hasn’t gotten any better. It’s gotten to the point that it’s uncomfortable for me to sit down. I wasn’t constipated. Any advice/suggestions?

i get a lot of bleeding and a lot of pain in my left side and rectal areas going up to my lower back. my first gi doctor found proctitis low done and six weeks after he did a colonoscopy he did a sigmoidoscopy and told me everything looks better but i told him i still had pain and bleeding after a year of calling to tell him that i had a lot of pain he would blow me off.well last week i just went to see him and he failed to realize that i had colitis higher up in my colon from a ct scan from 6-2008 as well thats why the sigmoid showed it looked like that part was getting better. what is the out come of having colitis in two parts of your colon? i have been on asacol for over a year. thanks

It promotes colon health.

I have had pelvic ultrasound and CT with no results over several years. Now there is also a small amount of pinkish rectal bleeding. I also had a colonoscopy a year ago that was clean. What can be causing these pains? Am I just supposed to ignore it since the Drs. can’t find anything? HELP!!

i get a really bad pain on my lower abdominal that travels to my rectal,what could be causing me so much pain
i don’t work any more cause the pain gets very painful,i sometimes can’t even sit on my buttoxs.i use the restroom just fine so i know i’m not constipated

I heard that sometimes seeds and other undigested particles can get stuck in your colon, which could lead to disease later in life. What kind of seeds get stuck? What about strawberry seeds?

I heard that sometimes seeds and other undigested particles can get stuck in your colon, which could lead to disease later in life. What kind of seeds get stuck? What about strawberry seeds?

I had hemmroid surgery (internal) 3 months ago. Since then, every time I have a bowel movement, I have MAJOR rectal spasms. It’s like my body attempts to push down there and it’s uncontrolable. The pain is compared to labor pains (and comes and goes like labor pains) but only in the anal area. I have been back to my doctor and he has done an additional scope and found nothing. I am wondering if anyone else out there has had a similar problem like this and if so, what was causing it and how can I get it to stop? This is a serious issue for it keeps me up at night and interferes with my taking care of my children because of the pain, so please, no stupid responses. The doctor’s can’t figure it out so I’m just hoping someone out there can help. Thank you so much.

I said a professional not a retard.

I self-diagnosed myself with a urinary tract infection which i am 100% sure it was, and the pain has since diminished, but the pain in my lower stomach has not. Shortly after this, i had rectal bleeding. Its bright red and causes no pain. I still have it and my lower stomach/abdominal area is still in pain. This is not normal, but i didn’t see a need to make a big fuss over it and go to the doctor. I am wondering if the rectal bleeding could be caused by the uti and if so, is it serious enough for me to go to the doctor?

I am a 31 year old female. I have suffered with painful menstrual cramps and frequent urination (as in every 15 minutes) since I was a teenager. I got married 3 years ago and found that additionally, intercourse is excruciatingly painful for me. After seeing many doctors who told me that it was all in my head, I needed to see a psychiatrist, etc, I was referred to a urologist who found I have an ulcerated bladder and diagnosed me with interstitial cystitis, and then to a obgyn who did a laparoscopy and found endometriosis, which he removed. I continue to have painful intercourse. I feels like somebody is stabbing me in the rectal area with a knife when my husband tries to enter (and he is a very gentle and patient man); and then for the next several days will continue to feel like something knife-sharp is trying to exit my body through my butt. The doctors have told me they’ve found everything they can find and done everything they can do. This is not in my head, the pain is real. I feel desperate, we have been married 3 years now and I know he feels rejected. Has anybody else experienced this? Any suggestions?

would the small intestine have to be inflamed as well for it be considered IBD?

I recently posted a question about using vicks vapor rub on a rectal fissure…Turns out that it is not a rectal fissure it is a rectal tear and vicks vapor rub seems to be the only thing that eases the pain… Are there other treatmeants or remedys for a Rectal tear?

What will they come up with next? What is with all this garbage about Colonics. All they are is a glorified enema. I can’t imagine doing something like that voluntarily unless I was extremely constipated. An enema will clean out your colon for sure, but what are the long term effects? I just don’t see where these things are so supposedly "beneficial to your health".

I know this is kind of a personal question, but I am 25 weeks pregnant today and I am experiencing rectal bleeding but I do not have hemorrhoids or at least I don’t think so.

I am in extreme pain and I am wondering if this is normal.
It is a bright red blood coming from the rectal area(sorry TMI)

Thank you in advance

I’m trying to find out the causes and what i can do about sudden rectal pain while jogging. I guess the best way to describe it is it’s a horrible pulling feeling. I don’t think its a hernia. From what research I’ve already done is it seems it comes from the pelvis muscles that connect to that area of the body. Right now I’m training for a half marathon so I have been running a lot further than what i normally do. Its happened in the past and all i did was quit running for a week or two and it wouldn’t happen again till 6 months later. Unfortunately the run is in less than two weeks away so i really don’t want to quit running all together and just hope it doesn’t come back up during the race. It’s a kind of pain that gets worse and worse the longer you go till it gets unbearable. I’m sure I’ve opened to door for smart *** answers but maybe someone out there can help me figure out whats going on and what can help to prevent it.

Well basically when I pee I feel these sharp stabbing pains in the area around my rectum and sometimes the pain will stay for about a minute after I Pee and then the pain will go away or it goes away as soon as I’m done peeing
anybody have any idea what this could be, please help