Re: Infection from a colonoscopy
From: Mark & Steven Bornfeld (bornfeldmung_at_dentaltwins.com)
Date: 03/08/05
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Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:56:28 GMT
Bob Jones wrote:
> "Howard McCollister" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>>"Bob Jones" <no-email@bogus-address.com> wrote in message
>>news:oj3Xd.11344$5T6.1892@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
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>>>"Mark & Steven Bornfeld" <bornfeldmung@dentaltwins.com> wrote in message
>>>news:SD2Xd.94743$QS5.19957@trndny06...
>>>
>>>>Bob Jones wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>If I got an infection from a colonoscopy, how long would it take for
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> me
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>>>to
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>>>>>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
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>>>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
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> had
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>>>to
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>>>>>go increased. I kind of ignored it until a week later when I began
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>>>having
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>>>>>sharp pains in my lower abdomin. I was also having to urinate and
>>>>>empty
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>>>my
>>>
>>>>>bowels frequently and if I strained, it was painful. There was
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>>>definitely
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>>>>>something going on down there. So.... I went to my doc - his best
>>>>>guess
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>>>was
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>>>>>that I had a case of Prostatitis so he put me on 500mg Cipro twice a
>>>>>day
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>>>and
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>>>>>wanted to see me again in 2 weeks.
>>>>>
>>>>>My appointment is tomorrow. The abdominal pain has gone away, but I
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>>>still
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>>>>>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
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> gas.
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>>>I
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>>>>>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
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> juest
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>>>>>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?
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> Blood
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>>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
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> 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.
>
>
>
Any chance it could be the Cipro?
Steve
-- Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001
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