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emergency room or regular clinic?
Hi guys, I was worried I had an std the other week, but definitely not an std now. I have had gross bloody diarrhea since last night, I also had sever loss of appetite last week and stomach pressure / gas that was very uncomfortable. I was forcing myself to eat anyway, got appetite back a bit but now I'm worried I have a parasite or an ulcer or something? This is actually way worse than I've ever seen diarrhea, didn't know it could look that red. Is this something I need to go to an er for or should a regular walk in clinic (ontario) be sufficient? Would rather wait an hour rather than like 6 (er wait timmes in canada are notorious if your not about to die) but is this serious enough to warrant the more extensive testing and technological capabilities of a full hospital? Help!
Yeah, need to see my gp for that for a referral, too bad her hours are 10 to 4 and I work 830 to 5, wait till the weekend for that I suppose.
If I were you I would try the clinic first.. But, I would definitely say a trip to the doctors is 100% necessary!!
Hi everyone,
I have some test results here, they are defintely interesting. My wbc was 13.9 (range 4 - 11 10**9/L) with high neutrophils at 11.26(1.8 - 7), normal lymphocytes at 1.67 (1 - 3.2), high monocytes at 0.97 (0 - .8) and eosinophils at .14 (0 - .4) and 0 basophils. These results were on april 23. I went back to the walk in with the bloody stools (it had just been diarrhea before and stomach pressure, fatigue). They took more blood on may 3rd, wbc at 14.4 (4-11). Neutrophils went down slightly to 10.51 (1.8 - 7) but were still high. Lymphocytes raised to 2.59 (1 - 3.20) although still normal and monocytes increased to 1.01 (0 - .8) and eosinophils raised to 0.29 (0 - .4) with 0 basophils again. So the doctor said it is most likely a bacterial infection, but my lymphocytes did increase from april 23 - may 3rd, is this a normal response to bacteria over a long infection? My aunt thinks it is probably e coli and the bloody diarrhea will go away within 5 days of it starting (it has since become regular stool but still with blood). Could this be a parasite possibly? or viral?(due to lymphocytes increasing but still being normal?
I feel normal for the most part the past 2 days although still going to bathroom a little more than often, but stomach has stopped making gross noises and less pressure. Im scheduled for an ultrasound in a week, and doctor might get to to do a colonoscopy too. Would they be looking for cancer in those tests? My abdomen is being ultrasounded, thats where it hurt when doctor applied pressure. What do you guys think my blood says along with the scheduled tests? (also getting stool samples back in a day or so they were so gross, almost all blood on that day, i freaked the **** out). I hope its just a bacterial infection or something, rather it not be crohns or collitis or cancer.
I have some test results here, they are defintely interesting. My wbc was 13.9 (range 4 - 11 10**9/L) with high neutrophils at 11.26(1.8 - 7), normal lymphocytes at 1.67 (1 - 3.2), high monocytes at 0.97 (0 - .8) and eosinophils at .14 (0 - .4) and 0 basophils. These results were on april 23. I went back to the walk in with the bloody stools (it had just been diarrhea before and stomach pressure, fatigue). They took more blood on may 3rd, wbc at 14.4 (4-11). Neutrophils went down slightly to 10.51 (1.8 - 7) but were still high. Lymphocytes raised to 2.59 (1 - 3.20) although still normal and monocytes increased to 1.01 (0 - .8) and eosinophils raised to 0.29 (0 - .4) with 0 basophils again. So the doctor said it is most likely a bacterial infection, but my lymphocytes did increase from april 23 - may 3rd, is this a normal response to bacteria over a long infection? My aunt thinks it is probably e coli and the bloody diarrhea will go away within 5 days of it starting (it has since become regular stool but still with blood). Could this be a parasite possibly? or viral?(due to lymphocytes increasing but still being normal?
I feel normal for the most part the past 2 days although still going to bathroom a little more than often, but stomach has stopped making gross noises and less pressure. Im scheduled for an ultrasound in a week, and doctor might get to to do a colonoscopy too. Would they be looking for cancer in those tests? My abdomen is being ultrasounded, thats where it hurt when doctor applied pressure. What do you guys think my blood says along with the scheduled tests? (also getting stool samples back in a day or so they were so gross, almost all blood on that day, i freaked the **** out). I hope its just a bacterial infection or something, rather it not be crohns or collitis or cancer.
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