Re: Infection from a colonoscopy
From: Mark & Steven Bornfeld (bornfeldmung_at_dentaltwins.com)
Date: 03/07/05
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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:15:46 GMT
Bob Jones wrote:
> If I got an infection from a colonoscopy, how long would it take for me to
> see the symptoms?
>
> I'm a 40 year old healthy male... A few weeks ago I had a colonoscopy to
> investigate some blood I was seeing in my stool. I didn't have any other
> symptoms at the time. The procedure supposedly went fine and I was told
> that I was the proud owner of some (bleeding) hemorroids.
>
> About 3 weeks after the procedure I noticed that my stool was getting
> harder, it was sometimes (mildly) painful, and the frequency that I had to
> go increased. I kind of ignored it until a week later when I began having
> sharp pains in my lower abdomin. I was also having to urinate and empty my
> bowels frequently and if I strained, it was painful. There was definitely
> something going on down there. So.... I went to my doc - his best guess was
> that I had a case of Prostatitis so he put me on 500mg Cipro twice a day and
> wanted to see me again in 2 weeks.
>
> My appointment is tomorrow. The abdominal pain has gone away, but I still
> have to poop and pee very frequently. Also, unlike 2 weeks ago, I'm
> experiencing some pretty major pain any time I take a dump or pass gas. I
> haven't had any other symptoms like blood in my urine, a fever, pain
> ejaculating or any of the other things you commonly read about.
>
> I'm asking this question here because I'm not entirely convinced that my
> primary doc would point the finger at one of his colleagues... It juest
> seems terribly coincidental that all these problems are happening on the
> heels of having the colonoscopy.
>
>
I'm sure Dr. McCollister would respond, but to me 3 weeks later is not
"on the heels of" the colonoscopy. On the heels of would be over the
next couple of days.
Have you had any suggestive symptoms in the intervening 3 weeks?
Steve
-- Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001
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