Re: Infection from a colonoscopy

From: Bob Jones (no-email_at_bogus-address.com)
Date: 03/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:56:08 -0500

"Howard McCollister" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Bob Jones" <no-email@bogus-address.com> wrote in message
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> > "Mark & Steven Bornfeld" <bornfeldmung@dentaltwins.com> wrote in message
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> >> 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?
> >
> > The first symptoms I noticed began 3 weeks after the colonoscopy.
> > Everything was fine until then.
> >
> >
>
> Do you have diverticulitis? 40 years old is not the most common age group
> for that, but it's certainly possible, and if so, is not likely to be
> related to the colonoscopy.What were the results of the urine culture?
Blood
> in stool? Mucus? White blood cell count elevated? Do you have abdominal
> tenderness? And if so, where?
>
> I can't think what infection you might have contracted from a colonscopy,
> especially where the symptoms show up three weeks later.
>
>
> HMc

Looking at http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/diverticulosis/, I
don't think it's diverticulitis. I only have pain just before I pass my
stool or gas. It's pretty intense pain. After passing, it immediately goes
away. Except when I have to go to the bathroom, there is no persistent
abdominal pain. Also, the page says that it can be cleared up with
antibiaotics in a few days. I've been on Cipro (500mg, twice daily) for 2
weeks now and the pain has only gotten worse.

The doc sent away a urine sample for testing and I'll know the results of
that tomorrow. I've had blood in my stool for several years and the
colonoscopy placed the blame for that on the hemmoroids. There's been no
change in the frequency/amount/color of the blood before or after the
colonoscopy. I have noticed, on occasion, a slight amount of mucus in my
stool, but that has always been the case - it hasn't gotten worse or changed
in any way. I had abdominal tenderness for a few days prior to and after my
initial visit to the doc 2 weeks ago, but it has since gone away. Either
that was a temporary thing related to nothing or it was something that the
Cipro helped with.

Thanks for your comments.

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