Hi I have had a J pouch for 2 years (fantastic after 25yrs of UC) and apart from loose stools due to extra small bowel being removed I have had few problems until recently when I hurt my back and was given a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Since then I have had excessive and painful stomach gas, frequent watery stools full of blood and mucous. My rear is painful and I feel unwell. I have started a course of Flagyl and increased my probiotics. My question is has anybody ever had pouchitis caused by anti inflammatory drugs and could it be possible for the cuff to have UC?
It is a long weekend in Aus so didnt want to disturb my doctor but hopefully I will get to speak with him before I go overseas Wednesday.
Thanks Ann

Sorry this comes two months later, but I thought I would share still. Though I cannot even begin to act like I know what might be causing your pain, I did have a pretty bad incidence a few years ago that hospitalized me and it was attributed to my use of NSAIDS. NSAIDS have been known to create ulcers. For me, it created an ulcer that happened to hit a blood vessel and I lost A LOT of blood really quickly. So, maybe it is worth looking into to see if the NSAIDS are causing some idsruptions in your pouch?

Ronni thanks for your reply. Still not well, doctors thought pouchitis then opportunistic bowel infection caused by antibiotics and now possibly adhesions. Sigh....
Ann

Ann,

I'm sorry for not seeing your original post from June. I do recall it being mentioned that there can be NSAID induced pouchitis. I did a site search on that term (NSAID induced pouchitis) and it returned three posts. Hope this helps.

Ann,
Type "NSAID" in the "find" section. Make sure you uncheck "this forum only" so you get results from the entire j-pouch site. There are 4 pages of NSAID issues.

I was one who had NSAID-induced pouchitis and it was a very nasty case. I was taking Ibuprofen for migraine relief. Never again.

Rose

Rose thank you for your reply. I did search the site and indeed there are many references to pouchitis and NSAIDs. My symptoms continue and are as debilitating as having UC.
Cheers Ann

hi ann i am beginning to think all kinds of things seem to effect us jpouchers thst may not effect other folks..i had knee surgery in june (i am a antidependent pouchitis person to begin with)after the surgery i was naucious and belched alot and had no appetite..this went on for months and my cleveland clinic doctor just told me to test for c-diff..i did have c-diff..not sure if those symptoms were because of c-diff but it was good i had test..i got c-diff after the knee operation perhaps because i am on antibiotics and they give you additional antibiotics in anestistia..probably set it off..dealing with that now..

rebecca

Thanks Rebecca. I will speak with my doctor again next week and he said if I was not better he would order an abdominal scan. ann