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Ulcerative Colitis, Headache, Chest Pain, Bloating, Nausea, Abdominal Pain. Treatment?

I am 39 years old. I have been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis am taking asacol. Today at about 3 pm, I suddenly started feeling really ill, with a headache just behind my right eye, pain in my chest, extreme bloating/ full feeling, nausea , pain on lhs of abdomen above belly button, felt hot and cold and stomach/ abdomen feels inflamed. throat also feels like its burning.
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more information is needed.. for how long have you been taking Asacol? if this is a new medication it could cause those side effects. If you have been taking it for a while, and now you got these symptoms, you could be having a flare of your disease. Any diarrhea? blood in stool? if so, you need to see your GI doc and reassess your disease (adjust meds, adding meds, labs, stool studies, possible colonoscopy).
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Ulcerative Colitis, Headache, Chest Pain, Bloating, Nausea, Abdominal Pain. Treatment?

more information is needed.. for how long have you been taking Asacol? if this is a new medication it could cause those side effects. If you have been taking it for a while, and now you got these symptoms, you could be having a flare of your disease. Any diarrhea? blood in stool? if so, you need to see your GI doc and reassess your disease (adjust meds, adding meds, labs, stool studies, possible colonoscopy).