Is it possible that lymphocytic colitis can caused increased body heat & sweating? It seems that when I am having a "flare" up that I can't seem to cool down and seem to sweat profusely. Particulalry while sleeping. This can last for weeks at a time. I'm trying to decide if I am writing it off as though they are linked so I don;t have to go to the doctor to find out I have yet another medical issue to go along with the LC and fibromyalgia. Thoughts?
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I have had bowel 'issues' for many, many years but not to the degree that it drastically affected my quality of living. That is not until August of 2009. I was treated for bronchitis/sinus infection, which is about a twice a year occurance for me. Directly after treatment I acquired a drastic increase in my bouts of diarrhea which did affect my life style. I will try to make this long story short. With that being said, I sought out a gastroenterologist where after explaining all my symptoms was told that there is NO one thing that can explain all those symptoms. My chief complain was diarrhea but there was also abdominal and flank pain involved along with a new facial rash. This doctor questioned what he could do for me and I begged him for some kind of test. He ordered a CT scan which came back with a report of Chron's. He also mentioned that the small intestines showed inflammation. He then scheduled a colonoscopy. But during the procedure he felt he didn't need to explore further then the colon and after the colonoscopy he told me nothing was wrong with me and dismissed me after offering that if I continued to have problems to come back to see him. WHAT? Of course I was still having problems or I wouldn't have sought him out to start with. I decided to seek a different gastroenterologist. The second one did only two tests over a 6 week period. He ordered a smear test to test for blood. It was negative. Then a stool sample. He said everything looked normal and that I had IBD (although the majority of the time my issue is diarrhea I occasionally will have a day or two of constipation) and to watch the food I eat to find what aggrevates my bowels and avoid them. But I already told him that I may eat a food one week and be fine and then another week it might send me into bathroom nightmares. He blew me off as well. So I sought a third opinion. This guy jumped right into scheduling another colonoscopy and added an endoscopy as well. Biopsy found Helicobater Pylori. He told me everything else looked good. He started me on treatment with the PAK. After a week into treatment I began to feel better than I had in MONTHS. But a week after completing treatment I got worse. Diarrhea returned only this time is was golden rod yellow, watery with mucos that floated (sorry for the graphics) and sharp pain just below my left rib cage got so bad it hurt to walk. I went back in and he informed me that although it all looked normal during colonoscopy/endoscopy biopsy also came back with Microscopic Colitis but he didn't feel the need to treat that unless there were symptoms present. HELLO? My cheif complaint for months has been diarrhea which is also a symptom of MC. I don't understand why he failed to share that part of the test results with me. However, he has now prescibed Doxycycline to me which I have been on for 3 days now. I also asked for a pain reliever and he gave me Tramadol which is not touching my pain. In the past three days my abdomin has swelled so grossly that I look about 7 months pregnant and can't get my pants to close which hurts to even try.
My question to you is do you feel like I'm getting the proper treatment, would you suggest that yet again I search out another opinion? Or should I just stick with this doctor? I try to educate myself via the internet since I've not had much luck with so many different doctors. But the internet can only offer so much. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Any suggestions?
KG
why are they not giving you immunomodulators if you have been diagnosed with Chrons, or discussed anti inflammatory treatment with you? change your doctor, and change until you are listened to. i have been diagnosed with Chrons for 5 years,with complicated fistulae present but they are casting doubt on this diagnosis. the latest scope showed microscopic colitis, i am waiting for the biopsy results to see if this is unrelated to CD, though i am aware that microscopic colitis may show as an early presentation of more serious IBD related damage.
have you had an MRI to rule out fistulation or abcesses? i dont think they are being thorough enough.