My husband has been having lower stomach pains since sept. and are getting worse. He has the pains all the time now along with diarrhea, weakness, loss appetite,and has had a fever for a week now of 101-102F. He had a stool sample done and they found some WBC in the stool. Im worried and was wondering if you know what this could be?
Hi. Thanks for your query. The symptom complex of diarrhea, weakness, pain in lower abdomen and now with loss of appetite and fever is definitely indicative of an acute or acute on chronic intestinal infection. A 5-day course of an antibiotic, metronidazole, probiotic and symptomatic treatment should help the cause. If there is no relief after 5 days, you have to go for a consultation of a Gastroenterologist and undergo further tests of CT scan of the abdomen and colonoscopy.Further, tests to rule out tuberculosis may need additional investigations and may be a diagnostic laparoscopy. I hope this answer helps you.