India123
19-03-14, 17:17
I know I've been posting a fair bit recently, I'm really sorry!
Basically I've been having a LOT of acid reflux recently (chest pain, taste at the back of throat, regurgitation) I've also been getting a lot of stomach pain and flatulence. I've always suffered from stomach pain and indigestion but this is worse than usual, though I am on domperidone for my reflux so it could be that.
Because of the chest pain I've always been worried about my heart, however I recently saw something (Dr Google, my worst enemy) that said these symptoms could be related to Crohn's. By now I know better and normally I'd take this result on the internet with a pinch of salt, however there are two factors that massively concern me:
- my health anxiety causes symptoms, so normally if I think I have an illness, I'll then start to get the symptoms related to that illness I apparently 'have'. However, the thought that it could be Crohns didn't even cross my mind at all until today
- I have immediate family with Crohn's (my brother has a very bad case of it and is frequently in hospital and having operations) and until now I didn't realise it could be hereditary
Until now I didn't even think about it, however since discovering this I remembered that my brother began to show symptoms at the exact same age I did and at a very stressful time in his life (the final year of uni, which I'm currently doing). I'm of course now absolutely terrified as my brothers crohn's has massively effected his quality of life, and he's recently had to have a colostomy bag because he's in so much pain all the time.
My brothers crohns started out as IBS, my urm 'bowel movements' have been relatively normal but occasionally does change (sorry tmi I know) however I of course am now so scared that it's manifesting itself in a slightly different way to my brother
Basically I've been having a LOT of acid reflux recently (chest pain, taste at the back of throat, regurgitation) I've also been getting a lot of stomach pain and flatulence. I've always suffered from stomach pain and indigestion but this is worse than usual, though I am on domperidone for my reflux so it could be that.
Because of the chest pain I've always been worried about my heart, however I recently saw something (Dr Google, my worst enemy) that said these symptoms could be related to Crohn's. By now I know better and normally I'd take this result on the internet with a pinch of salt, however there are two factors that massively concern me:
- my health anxiety causes symptoms, so normally if I think I have an illness, I'll then start to get the symptoms related to that illness I apparently 'have'. However, the thought that it could be Crohns didn't even cross my mind at all until today
- I have immediate family with Crohn's (my brother has a very bad case of it and is frequently in hospital and having operations) and until now I didn't realise it could be hereditary
Until now I didn't even think about it, however since discovering this I remembered that my brother began to show symptoms at the exact same age I did and at a very stressful time in his life (the final year of uni, which I'm currently doing). I'm of course now absolutely terrified as my brothers crohn's has massively effected his quality of life, and he's recently had to have a colostomy bag because he's in so much pain all the time.
My brothers crohns started out as IBS, my urm 'bowel movements' have been relatively normal but occasionally does change (sorry tmi I know) however I of course am now so scared that it's manifesting itself in a slightly different way to my brother