please help me

[Froggs]

The day before thanksgiving i had a car wreck i was hit in the rear . The dr put me on meds for my muscles. One of the meds was Naproxen and flexerial. Shortly3 day after taking the meds my stomach begin to hurt up high. Then about 2 days after that i started passing blood and alot of mucus from my bowels. .........I went to the hospital and done blood work and the done a ct scan and couldnt find any thing but bacateria in my stool. They told me i need to see a specialist and rule out crohns .I am 29 yrs old and to my knowledge never passed blood before now i quit the meds my stomach dont hurt but i still have alot of mucus and some blood ..........Please Help me on this .........thank you

[lizziecee]

Blood and mucus in the stool is abnormal and needs further investigation. A colonoscopy seems a good place to start. I was dx with Crohn's in 1970 by laparatomy (no colonoscopy or endoscopy then) and didn't have blood or mucus in my stool - just severe weight loss and diarrhea. Not everybody presents the same for Crohn's, as I didn't, i.e. no pain,blood,mucus. However, in the last 37 years I have had bad flares with severe rectal haemorrhaging and been hospitalised on IV steroids. I know if I see mucuous in my stool it is time to see my gastro before the situation gets worse. In my own case the mucous and blood were from ulcers and crypt abscesses in both the small and large intestines.  This can be treated - various new meds now, but the problem will not go away by wishful thinking and needs specialist intervention.

Good luck,
Liz.