Hi i have a j pouch of 4 years so i know we all have loose stools. But for 7days i have had really bad diorrhea which is dark dark brown and im having really bad stomach cramps then i can feel the stools rushing straight down to my pouch and i can not hold it in because it hurts, my whole back and pouch are hurting and i ache all over. Do you think this is a stomach bug or something else?
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Call your dr today, it could be pouchitis, or some other sort of infection, but you could be losing blood &/or dehydrating & wind up in the hospital. Please call your dr right away!
Can salmon or tomato soup cause black tarry stools from a J pouch? That is the only thing I had besides gatorade yesterday?
Sally,
What colour was the Gatorade? That could change the colour too...salmon or tomato soup would make it reddish or light brown...Blood is stool can make it black but so can other stuff that we eat with food colouring like licquorish or blue jujubes.
Mel,
Have you eaten any raw foods lately like sushi? Undercook chicken or meat? Could be pouchitis or it could be something else like a nasty bacteria from foods or some new meds that you have taken...you need to be very careful because dehydration is a serious problem with runny pouches...have you tried anything to slow it down like lomotil or gravol? The fact that you say that it is starting higher up than the pouch and rushing down makes me think of some sort of food poisioning or stomach flu.
Please be very careful, push fluids, salts and glucose (honey is fine if you can handle it) and please call your doctor!
Sharon
What colour was the Gatorade? That could change the colour too...salmon or tomato soup would make it reddish or light brown...Blood is stool can make it black but so can other stuff that we eat with food colouring like licquorish or blue jujubes.
Mel,
Have you eaten any raw foods lately like sushi? Undercook chicken or meat? Could be pouchitis or it could be something else like a nasty bacteria from foods or some new meds that you have taken...you need to be very careful because dehydration is a serious problem with runny pouches...have you tried anything to slow it down like lomotil or gravol? The fact that you say that it is starting higher up than the pouch and rushing down makes me think of some sort of food poisioning or stomach flu.
Please be very careful, push fluids, salts and glucose (honey is fine if you can handle it) and please call your doctor!
Sharon
Hi thanks for your replies :-)
I ended up being admitted to hospital with this because i had really bad dyhdration and had to be put on a drip, i was then taken down to theatre and was put under which they found i had pouchitis and my pouch had narrowed so they stretched that back open... Im doing really well now :-)
I ended up being admitted to hospital with this because i had really bad dyhdration and had to be put on a drip, i was then taken down to theatre and was put under which they found i had pouchitis and my pouch had narrowed so they stretched that back open... Im doing really well now :-)