Hello, i am a 56 year old woman with digestive issues. I ve had C-D twice and in April 2013 I had left-sided ischemic colitis. I ve bowel problems for many years, mainly loose bowels, dark stools, mucos. Since last april i ve had more bad days then good; abdominal pain, right and left side and across the middle, nausea, gastritis, inflamation, weight loss apprx 30 lbs. I ve had colonoscopies (inflamation of the large intestine), endoscopy (acute gastritious and stomach inflamtion), capsule endoscopy (normal small intestine)
Hi. Thanks for your query and an elucidated history. Since you are already well investigated, the treatment has to be well planned. This is because you have a complicated combination of colitis and gastritis. It is good that the small intestine is normal. I would suggest you the following and I hope you are already taking some treatment under the care of the Gastroenterologist. Soft bland diet to be equally distributed in 4 parts and spaced nicely to cover at 5 to 6 hourly duration. Ranitidine /PPI Antacid gel at 3 hourly intervals. For colitis:The 5-day course of an antibiotic and metronidazole, probiotic. Avoid all the foods and beverages which you must have noticed by this time that increase your problem. Review endoscopies after one and half months. And to reschedule treatment as per the new findings.