I was diagnosed with crohns 5 years ago, I think the only way to tell is have a blood test your doctor should then be able to tell you. I always hope its a bug otherwise its a course of steroids which arn't nice.
May 20, 2010
how to tell by: Anonymous
Colitis is an inflammitory bowel disease, as is crohn's. If you've already been diagnosed with ileo colitis then I'd suspect a flare up. Have you been treated for it? I have crohn's and never throw up unless I have a stomach bug, but I do have excessive diarrhea, stomach pain, and wind. I think the only way to truely know which one you have is to be tested for inflammitory markers in your blood and a colonoscopy.
May 13, 2010
Crohns or h.pylori? by: Jill (UK)
Hi, my doctor initially told me I had excess stomach acid. I've had pain on and off for 6 years ever since I had a vein removed from my leg. After a lot of visits to the doctors and a blood test I was diagnosed with what is called h.pylori (google it) Took a set of tablets for it then a few weeks later was in hospital with suspected appendicitis. I had lost a lot of weight in a short period of time, was tired but put that down to just being very busy! Anyway a year on I have just found out (last monday) I have crohns disease...only 37 years old. Don't drink, never smoked, been a very healthy and active sole all my life and the only question I'm asking myself is...why? I've had bad pain and vomiting when it occurs but nothing else, no dashing off to the loo? Started taking what we Brits call multivitamins and feel a bit better..Hope this helps xx Ps if I eat green vegetables I suffer for a week (especially sprouts and brocolli)
Apr 12, 2010
Stomach Bug by: Anonymous
I was just diagnosed with Crohns last week. I started out about 7 wks ago with what I thought was a stomach bug, since the rest of my family had it. Only thing was that theirs went away and mine didn't. I started having loss of appetite and lost 23 lbs in 6 wks. My dr. now thinks that I had a flare-up of Crohns the whole time.
Mar 14, 2010
Crohn's versus stomach bug by: Anonymous
What I meant was "How can you tell if you are having a Crohn's flare or a bug?" Reason I ask is that I've been having intermittent mild nausea and dizzy-ish, weak, low-grade feverish spells for a while. The past few days, it's been much worse. I have no diarrhea or outright vomiting, thanks to phenergen. My GI doc doesn't think it's Crohn's but this has been going on for a while. I was dx'd 14 years ago with ileo-colitis.
Mar 14, 2010
Crohn's versus stomach bug by: Anonymous
What I meant was "How can you tell if you are having a Crohn's flare or a bug?" Reason I ask is that I've been having intermittent mild nausea and dizzy-ish, weak, low-grade feverish spells for a while. The past few days, it's been much worse. I have no diarrhea or outright vomiting, thanks to phenergen. My GI doc doesn't think it's Crohn's but this has been going on for a while. I was dx'd 14 years ago with ileo-colitis.
