3 days post Colonoscopy, feeling very unwell, passing yellow mucous, is this normal? TMI pic's included.

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Hi everyone.

I'm 4 days post colonoscopy which I had done on Sunday afternoon. The reason for the colonoscopy was to investigate months and months of stomach pain, and alternating chronic constipation and diarrhea: also passing small amounts of blood and a lot of mucous.

Im technically being investigated for crohns/uc. My colonoscopy went ok- some parts were very painful- I had sedation and gas and air for the painful parts. During the surgeon noticed lots of "bile" he described in my colon and noted this on the findings. He said he couldn't really detect anything else but took 11 biopsies to check for any issues at a cellular level. Since early Tuesday morning I've felt genuinely unwell. Ate light meals such as toast and rice with chicken. Felt lightheaded, weak, tired, on and off nausea, stomach cramping, pain in my lower back and a bit of chest pain. I was unable to have a bowel movement until earlier today which was very very small accompanied by slight blood and mucous. Since then I tried to go again but have only passed large amounts/globs of fowl smelling yellow mucous. I've had a low grade fever on and off including sweats and feel so weak and shaky.

Is this normal?

What do you recommend I do? I've been drinking lots of fluid and have also eaten some high fibre food as advised whilst taking paracetamol every 4 hours. Just feeling so unwell and not sure if it's normal? I'm a 26 year old female with a few other chronic health conditions, had endoscopy a few months ago which diagnosed gastritis and a hiatal hernia (not sure if relevant)

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks,

Jordan

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[Ccupcakes]

It sounds as though you might have picked up an infection, although if you have suspected Crohns or/ and Colitis, the colonoscopy might have triggered a flare, or possibly the bowel prep has irritated whatever is there. Any and all of these are possible.

It's not really unusual to have the mucus stool after a c scope, but the low grade fever and pain are a worry, I think if I were you I would try to get an appt. with my GP, just to be sure or maybe ring the colonoscopy suite that did the procedure, if there's something wrong I'm sure they would want to know?

Good luck and hope you feel better soon

Cc xx

[willow24 Administrator]

low grade fever may be due to the inflammation, and the scope may have irritated the bowel lining. I would avoid high fibre foods as this makes the bowel work harder, I would recommend a few days of low residue foods like white rice, potatoes (boiled or mash) plain chicken and white fish. this should allow the bowel to rest a bit. drinking lots of fluids will help keep stools soft.

[Smileynum1]

Hi. I've had that same kind of diarrhea and symptoms since september. I just got a colonoscopy done today and it came back normal besides for the hemmeroids the prep gave me. I just had diarrhea that had the orange mucus in it. I was wondering if they ever figured out what was wrong with you. Also did your stomach problems also include bloating after eating?

[Novabby]

YOU NEED TO EAT LOST OF PLANT BASED FOODS , drink detox water and stop smoking if you do!

[Novabby in reply to Novabby]

Tea also

[Kwellma2]

were you able to get any information on what was causing this? I am now having same issue with alot of flu like feelings and thrush.