Re: Christine:Re: obstruction of small intestine - Ginny
From: Christine M. Smith (smithy@maine.rr.com)
Thu Aug 26 08:29:02 1999
At Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Ginny King wrote:
>
>Hi Christine.
>
>The only place that the Crohn's showed up was in the colon. I did have
>biopsy's taken from the illeum (no inflammation shown hear, just
>narrowing from previous scarring, which means at some point there was
>inflammation) and duodenum. But as you know, it can act up in a
>different place each time. I sometimes have problems within thirty
>minutes after eating. I don't know if it is from what I actually had at
>that meal or if is pushing on "stuff" from a prior meal. Here is a
>strange one, I get excruciating pain from eating tomato soup. I have no
>idea why!!! Grapes, apples and pineapple cause me the same kind of quick
>reaction pain. Then I can have a steak and have no problems at all. It
>just doesn't seem logical to me. When I am in one of those active
>phases like the last three months, everything I eat seems to bother me.
>My doctor wants me to go on a liquid diet (broths, jelloo, etc.) when
>that happens to rest the bowel and come see her as soon as possible so
>that they can adjust my medication and add one of the steroidal drugs at
>that time. So I'm no help with your question, I just know there is not
>much of a time delay. I wonder why? My doctor did say that sometimes
>(but it is not all that common) that people with Crohn's (and other
>problems of the bowel)can become allergic to certain foods with
>complaints of vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloating and
>constipation that will happen within one hour of eating a certain food.
>This is hard to diagnose and would involve an elimination diet. To
>complicate matters for me is I have developed severe hypoglycemia. No
>doctor has made any connection, but I only have problems with my blood
>sugar when I am in an active state (diarrhea, pain and bleeding) that
>goes on for several days. I am not one of those with my bowel tied in
>loops, just narrowing in places. I hope that is why I have not
>experienced a full bowel obstruction, but as you say each person is
>different and who knows why one gets an obstruction while others don't.
>I hope I never get in that situation, it sounds horrible. Take care.
>Ginny
>
>Hi Ginny:
I found your post very interesting. The only thing I can think of with
tomato soup is that it is acidic. I know when my mouth is inflammed I
feel sore all the way down to my stomach so there is probably
inflammation there. Anything acidic on an inflamed mucosal lining is
going to be painful.
If you read my post to Jennifer, bananas and spinach are very painful. I
can understand spinach because that has oxalic acid, but bananas? I have
a very small ulcer right now back on my tonsil area and I feel lousy.
Even my sinus linings feel inflammed! The lysine usually keeps things
under control so I don't get to this state but I have been lazy about
taking it lately. I don't know about you but I hate taking all of these
pills, so if I'm going to get lazy that's one I let go. And now I'm
sorry.
Another interesting thing I observed. Before my second lap I had to do
a two day bowel prep with clear liquids only
and I felt much better. Another reason why I don't think my problem is
only SI joint inflammation.
Another question-do you have problems with your eyes? I just noticed a
kind of irritated feeling the past week or two. My first thought was
the celebrex so checked the package insert. Eye pain, conjunctivitis is
listed as one of the adverse reactions but this doesn't seem like that.
It's definitely not conjunctivititis and I wouldn't exactly call it
pain. Crohn's can also cause eye inflammation and I was wondering if
you had anything like that.
Chris S.