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Having Frequent Stools. Prescribed Me With Lopamide, Dolopar. Reason For Lower Abdominal Pain?

Hi Doc, I am 38 yrs old. Last week I developed fever with frequent stools(not watery but squashed stools) around 15-20 times. The doctor prescribed me with Lopamide, Dolopar and Recoup for hydration. The stools and fever stopped on the second day but the stomach pain persisted and I thought it was normal and after one or two days. But the lower abdominal pain persisted and in addition to that I developed urinary tract infection. A relative of mine suggested that may be I had bacterial infection and asked me to take Norflox. So I took norflox and the stomach pain reduced but I started developing allergic swellings all of a sudden around 4 to 5 inches in my thighs and it was also paining. The next day I went to the doctor and he prescribed cefixime, xyzol, flavomed and cyra. But this were things got worse. The allergic swelling grew in numbers all around my legs and thighs and it was more painful than itchy. I felt the pain when ever I stretched the legs and I felt like the skin was tight around those spots because of the swellings. So the next day Hydodoctor stopped cefixime and flavomed but asked me to conitue the other 2 along with Methyl Prednisolone twice and he gave me Hydrocortisone injection.But there was very little relief and it started to get worse and the next day he stopped all the medicines except Methyl Perdisolone and gave me 8cc of Hydrocortisone injection and he started to suspect vasculities and auto immune . So he tested my serum creatinine, urea , sugar levels, CRP Levels and ANA. The tested revealed that my sugar levels were normal but I had infection along with high CRP levels. So he sent me to a dermatologist. The dermatologist told me that I had chronic Urticarial Vasculities. I asked her if that was auto immune problem. She told me that she would tell me once the all the blood test are redone along with LFT, RFT, CBC and ANA.

There are 2 other important things to note that I have had this urticaria problem from Jan 2013 when my wife was sick in the hospital with many serious problems and she died. She had Tuberclosis in the uterus (don't know if it spread to other parts- hydrosalphinx) , Veno Occlusion Diesease of liver, Auto Immune Hepatitis,Liver Failure , Ulcerative Collities and she got infected with CMV ,Pnuemonia Skeibella in the hospital. I was in the hospital for nearly 90 days that's when I got this allergic reactions. So after my wife death I did a master health checkup done in a big hospital and they said my liver functions were normal and prescribed medicines for urticaria. There was no permanent relief and it would come on go mostly in the evenings and noghts. So I went to a allergy clinic and they tested me for several items and prescribed me with immunotherapy drugs (2cc after every 2nd day)and allergens and gave me a big list for foods to avoid. There was almost everything which I ate like and mostly proteins,pepper, milk etc. But the therapy treatment also didn't give permanent cure. It would be good one day the next it will not give relief .So after 2 months I stopped taking them and started eating normal diet. After sometime I made up my mind to not worry and would apply caldryl lotion if I developed the rashes along with allegra or fexofinadine. It suddenly stopped I was free from it for nearly 2.5 months until last week. But the nature of the allergy now is different from the previous one because. The previous one was more like rashes even though it would come up in all possible places, but this time there is swelling and I have pain as well as itching. Last month around 25th august I had loss of appetite along with yellow colour urine and giddiness so I did a urine culture and it revealed Escherichia Coli infection colony count >100,000 so I was asked to consult an urologist . He gave me urifast, nosdol and chitralka and asked me to come for kidney scan but he was not available after that time and so I didn't take the scan. For giddiness I met the ENT in the same hospital and he gave me Aceclofenac, Almodac 2.5mg, Alprax and Cobadex CZS. I took that for only 2 or 3 days if I remember correctly.

Now i want to know whom should I consult . Is chronic urticarial vasculities a serious threat and is there anyway I might end up with Auto Immune Disorder like SLE. If so what is percentage of survival. Is there by any chance that my kid(5 yrs) and my mom 76yrs will also get infected with the disease.
Sorry for the big explanation I don't know which part to tell and not which part to leave out. Thanx in advance.
Tue, 24 Sep 2013
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Hi,

It is good to follow-up with your allergist, and rheumatologist.

Furthermore, I would recommend to do the urine test again to exclude the relapse of infection and get proper treatment.


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Having Frequent Stools. Prescribed Me With Lopamide, Dolopar. Reason For Lower Abdominal Pain?

Hi, It is good to follow-up with your allergist, and rheumatologist. Furthermore, I would recommend to do the urine test again to exclude the relapse of infection and get proper treatment. Hope it helped!