Could I have crohns diesease?

[dre]

I have severe pain in the left side of my stomach. I have gotten to where I am scared to eat. I have such bad cramps that they wake me up in the middle of the night. I feel like my stomach is going to bust sometimes the cramping is so huge. While this is happening, my stomach is making loud gurgling noises on the left side. I have had a sigmoidoscopy and a barium enima, and stool studies that came back normal. The pain to use the restroom is almost intolerable-- I feel like I may die on the toilet. I am scared because the pain in my left side never goes away now. It feels like a knot under my lower left rib. The stomach spasms have gotten more regular and I am getting to where I dread eating. Do you have any advice? I am a 34 year old female. Could this be crohns disease?

[debb]

Only a colonosopy with biopsies will show if you have Crohn's disease. Are you constipated (hard dry stools and infrequent bowel movements)? Do you have diarrhea? Are you passing gas or burping often (trapped gas in the intestines can cause severe pain)? Do you have blood mixed in with your stools, is it bright red or tarry black? Unfortunately, it may take many doctor visits to find a cause and/or treatment for your problem. I find it helps to note everything you possibly can about your problem and present this to the physician to help in your diagnosis. There are so many possibilities.

[m2k4e]

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