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What Is The Treatment For Abdominal Cramps And Diarrhea?
Hello ,
I'm 62 yrs. old have just gotten thru 6 rounds of extensive chemo from aggressive , high grade large diffuse b cell non hodgkins lymphoma , stage 3 and still have excessive very painful burning cramping gassy pain that last for days as well I've had 1 pet scan and 2 cat scans and also a colonoscopy procedure done that all say I've got extremely thickened descended colon as well fibrosis in my colon , I'm told no noticeable lymphoma was noted in the recent test of which I'm thrilled with since my cancers come back 4 times and coincidently I'm in moderate pain at the moment , I go from days of constipation to days of diarrhea or ribbon thin stools and can't seem to get anyone to give me a difinative answer as of what I can do for help from this greatly painful situation , I'd greatly appreciate any new input
Sincerely :
Rhonda Reynolds
I'm 62 yrs. old have just gotten thru 6 rounds of extensive chemo from aggressive , high grade large diffuse b cell non hodgkins lymphoma , stage 3 and still have excessive very painful burning cramping gassy pain that last for days as well I've had 1 pet scan and 2 cat scans and also a colonoscopy procedure done that all say I've got extremely thickened descended colon as well fibrosis in my colon , I'm told no noticeable lymphoma was noted in the recent test of which I'm thrilled with since my cancers come back 4 times and coincidently I'm in moderate pain at the moment , I go from days of constipation to days of diarrhea or ribbon thin stools and can't seem to get anyone to give me a difinative answer as of what I can do for help from this greatly painful situation , I'd greatly appreciate any new input
Sincerely :
Rhonda Reynolds
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HI
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I really appreciate your concern, here looking to the given history and symptoms infection needs to be ruled out and for that stool needs to be sent for testing including routine blood test till then pain can only be managed with Dicyclomine tablet in differential diagnosis it could be case of colitis, and other intestinal pathologies all that needs to be differentiated hope this information helps.
Well come to HCM
I really appreciate your concern, here looking to the given history and symptoms infection needs to be ruled out and for that stool needs to be sent for testing including routine blood test till then pain can only be managed with Dicyclomine tablet in differential diagnosis it could be case of colitis, and other intestinal pathologies all that needs to be differentiated hope this information helps.
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