Hello, I was recently in the ER for abdomial pain. I have an infection somewhere, high white blood cells count and a thickening was found in a cat scan of my ileum? Can you tell me what this could mean? I have a GI appointment scheduled for next friday, but my mind is racing. I am 29 years old, mother of 3, and need answers. I left the ER with no explanation or diagnosis, just two antibotics.
Hi Kayla.amorous. Thanks for your question. Your diagnosis is very simple. You had pain abdomen with white blood cell count increase and CT SCAN showed thickening in ileum. It is probably a case on Iliad or intestinal tuberculosis. There are other rare possibilities too-it can be a crowns colitis, malignancy involving ileum, volvulus or just infection of ileum, but this causes are very rare. But I am thinking why you have pain. Probably this causes sub acute intestinal obstruction, so you have pain. So continue taking antibiotics, taking a laxative as you need regular stool pass, take plenty of water with salt as in this cases chance of dyselectrolytimeia is high. Please do a straight X-ray abdomen to see any evidence of obstruction or perforation. If your pain subsided, passed stool, urine,become stable then you can leave in your house otherwise best to keep yourself admitted in any hospital/nursing home as in your cases sudden intestinal obstruction can occur and that is a Chat Doctor.  Consult gastrosurgeon on Friday and follow his advice. Best wishes, 