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What Is The Cause And Treatment For Procto-colitis?

Posted on Tue, 3 Mar 2015

Question: I've been having pain in my stomach and feel like I'm getting the flu or diarrhea, but I don't. I've gone to the bathroom over 6 or 7 times today and feel green. It's gotten to a point there is no stools coming, just foamy light blood. What could this be or causing this. I get it often. I've been feeling very nauseous lately a lot.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Procto-colitis, needs antibiotic and metronidazole treatment.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.

Read your history and understood your problems.You have gone to the bathroom 6-7 times with only foamy light blood coming is indicative of procto-colitis. This means infection and inflammation of the rectum and colon. This may be due to infection through something you have eaten or drank, can not be specified in every case.

I would suggest you to visit a Doctor, get a prescription based antibiotic and metronidazole, probiotic and symptomatic treatment for pain if you have.

If there is no complete response within 5-day course, you have to undergo colonoscopy and other relevant tests of blood, stool and urine.

Your mentioning age / gender and other relevant medical history might have helped me a bit..

I hope this answer helps you, please feel free to ask for more if you need to or if you feel there is a gap-of-communication.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (12 hours later)

I did write you and say I was a female and that I was 54 years old. In my medical history I said that years ago my mother had colon cancer and died 6 years ago from it. I had been tested a couple of years ago with blood in my stools and that I did have a polylp and every time I get a urine test done it shows a trace of blood in my urine and that I'm always dehydrated.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Colonoscopy, Ultrasound and cysto-urethroscopy

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback.
There may be some technical error that the you information you are sharing is still not visible to me. Read and understood that you are Female patient of 54 and Mother has colon cancer- died 6 years ago, you have been tested couple of years ago with blood in stool and you had polyp.

Anyways, with the history you have provided, It would be better to undergo colonoscopy and biopsy.
What was the report of the polyp.

I hope you must have undergone further investigations for blood in urine like Ultrasonography of the abdomen, Intravenous pyelography and Cysto-urethroscopy.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar