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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Fatigue And Abdominal Pain

Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2015

Question: 32 yr old male been having fatigue and mushy like diarea tested possitve for lactoferin negative for occult blood but had some blood on toilet paper and home test had show lil blue mark which is possitve for blood also 3 weeks ago had pain in stomach when sitting up and pain in right side when yahning or taking a deepbreath scared of colon cancer 8 months ago had cbc was normal and upper gi came back with gerd just had chest x ray came back fine i have been basically self diagnosei g cause my doc writes it off as anxiety have a colonocpy next Friday worried what do you think this could be am worriedcould be cancer and waited to long now spread

Answered by Dr. Amit Jain (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Get colonoscopy, there are many causes for bleed per rectum

Detailed Answer:
Hello! Thanks for putting your query in HCM. I am Dr.Amit Jain (DM, Gastroenterologist). There are many causes for bleed per rectum like polyp, infection, inflammatory bowel disease, tuberculosis etc. So don't worry go ahead with colonoscopy as without it is difficult to say the cause of bleed. Moreover it's rare for colon cancer at this age. I hope I have answered your query. If you have any further query I will be happy to answer that too. Wish you a good health

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Sonia Raina

Follow up: Dr. Amit Jain (13 minutes later)

did you look at pic what do you think about it and what could cause the lactoferin test to be possitive

Answered by Dr. Amit Jain (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Lactoferrin test is positive when there is any inflammation

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back. Yes I had seen the pic. There is nothing wrong with the appearance apart from consistency. Lactoferrin is positive when there is some inflammation of the colon. That's why I said it could be inflammatory bowel disease only and not cancer. Wish you a good health

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Amit Jain (32 minutes later)

can this cause pains in chest and sides also i usually haft to go within 2 or so hours of eating and does this cause fatigue like i have sleep apnea but i have cpap and can sleep for 8 or more hours and still be tired

Answered by Dr. Amit Jain (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Chest pain and bowel disease are not related

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back. I don't think the chest pain and this bowel disease are related in you, as per present scenario. You may be fatigued because of Sleep apnea. Wish you a good helath

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Amit Jain (15 minutes later)

ty for answering have one last question in your opinion this is a very low risk this could be cancer and you would its prob ibd in your opinion and can ibd cause fatigue

Answered by Dr. Amit Jain (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes IBD can cause fatigue

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back. Sorry for delay. Yes IBD can cause fatigue. Wish you a good health

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad