Hi - 10 days ago I woke to an abdominal pain mainly centered on my left side which literally brought me to my knees. I knew this couldn t be appendicitis because mine had been removed years ago plus the location]was wrong. In the hospital ER a CAT scan was performed which confirmed the attending physician s initial suspicion plus a surgeon had already been called in. It ended up that the right side of my bowels had totally flipped over to the left side, there were pockets of septis (?) & a large mass of impacted dry fecal matter needed removal. Eight inches of my bowels were removed & reconnected but at least I don t have a colostomy. I came home from hospital today with 23 staples which needed to stay a few extra days because I needed a dose of steroids due to major breathing issues after the anesthetic. My questions are
Hello n welcome. I read your history carefully. Firstly u need to specify the flipped bowel description from your surgeon i.e. whether your bowel was obstructed strangulated or ischemic2ndly Crohn s disease is part of inflammatory bowel disease which initially presents with episodes of FEVER WEIGHT LOSS BLOODY DIARRHEA AND ABDOMINAL PAIN. CROWNS SIGNS INCLUDE A PALPABLE ABDOMINAL MASS AND HAS ORAL N PERIANAL INVOLVEMENT, ALSO CAUSES FISTULA N STRICTURE FORMATION.DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR CROWNS IS ENDOSCOPY BOTH UPPER N LOWER GI TO FIND SKIP LESIONS. AND BARIUM STUDIES. THE DIAGNOSIS CAN BE AIDED VIA PERFORMING SEROLOGICAL ASIA ANTIBODIES IE ANTI SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISCIAE ANTIBODIES.  HOPE THIS HELPS. THAN