So how many have this? I wondered what exactly it was called.
Tenesmus - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency ... 003131.htm
Alternative names
Pain - passing stool; Painful stools; Difficulty passing stool
Definition
Tenesmus is the constant feeling of the need to empty the bowel, accompanied by pain, cramping, and involuntary straining efforts.
Considerations
Tenesmus is generally associated with inflammatory diseases of the bowel, which may be caused by an infection or by other conditions. Tenesmus is characterized by a sensation of needing to pass stool, accompanied by pain, cramping, and straining. Despite straining, little stool is passed.
Common Causes
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis
Anorectal abscess
Infectious colitis (infection of the colon)
Colorectal cancer or tumors
Radiation proctitis or colitis (inflammation of the colon or rectum from radiation)
Home Care
Tenesmus - Pain - passing stool; Difficulty passing stool
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Here's a related term: Proctitis.
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddisease ... proctitis/
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddisease ... proctitis/
Mike,
Do you want us to vote based on current conditions, or conditions when we were actively reacting. IOW, some of us had the problem before we healed, but no longer have it, as long as we are in remission. (Of course, maybe I'm the only one in that catagory, for all I know).
Tex
Do you want us to vote based on current conditions, or conditions when we were actively reacting. IOW, some of us had the problem before we healed, but no longer have it, as long as we are in remission. (Of course, maybe I'm the only one in that catagory, for all I know).
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
At any time. I currently suffer from this but occasionally get your standard diarhea as well.tex wrote:Mike,
Do you want us to vote based on current conditions, or conditions when we were actively reacting. IOW, some of us had the problem before we healed, but no longer have it, as long as we are in remission. (Of course, maybe I'm the only one in that catagory, for all I know).
Tex
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Mike,
MY GOSH I have this. I don't *constantly* feel like I have to have a BM, but almost! My legs hurt/cramp up, like they would if I were holding it a really long time, and otherwise, I get cramping/contractions in my colon and bowels as if I have to go but I only go about once a day now. I'm pretty much in remission but have occassional D, but yeah... I still feel like that on a daily basis. I'm just used to it now.
Christine
MY GOSH I have this. I don't *constantly* feel like I have to have a BM, but almost! My legs hurt/cramp up, like they would if I were holding it a really long time, and otherwise, I get cramping/contractions in my colon and bowels as if I have to go but I only go about once a day now. I'm pretty much in remission but have occassional D, but yeah... I still feel like that on a daily basis. I'm just used to it now.
Christine
Ugg, sorry to hear that this is a daily thing for you. For me this only happens every once in a while, and seems to be the symtoms I mostly get when I feel ill. Sometimes it's diarhea, but mostly it's like this with soft unformed stools. It used to be D a lot more with this than it is now.TendrTummy wrote:Mike,
MY GOSH I have this. I don't *constantly* feel like I have to have a BM, but almost! My legs hurt/cramp up, like they would if I were holding it a really long time, and otherwise, I get cramping/contractions in my colon and bowels as if I have to go but I only go about once a day now. I'm pretty much in remission but have occassional D, but yeah... I still feel like that on a daily basis. I'm just used to it now.
Christine
I get a very sharp pain that feels like it's about 3 inches below my belly button. The pain is very sharp and intense, like someone's taking a knife and stabbing it into that area and moving it around. Sometimes it's so painful I feel like I'm going to pass out. Luckily it's not as often as it used to be, but I still get it every once in a while.
The most prevelant part of it is the feeling like I have to go, going, not much coming out and feeling like I have to go again, and again, and again, for hours. Ugg.
So something is causing an inflamation of the rectum and lower part of the colon I'm guessing. What I'm not sure. From what I've read stress can agrivate it, but doesn't cause it. So it's gotta be something I eat or something I'm not absorbing or who knows that's causing it.
Mike
MIke,
Regarding the pain you describe, I have to agree, that back when I was still reacting frequently, I would have waves of pain like that overtake me occasionally, (usually accompanied by severe rumbling and/or gurgling sounds), and if I happened to be walking at the time, they would not only cause me to double over, but once in a while, they would cause me to sink to my knees. As you say, the pain would be almost umbearable, and just about the time that I would think that I couldn't stand it if it got any worse, it would begin to diminish, and in a minute or two, I would be ok.
If that's the sort of thing you are experiencing, I would have to say that you are still having full-blown reactions. I agree, it sure sounds like you are reacting to something in your diet.
Tex
Regarding the pain you describe, I have to agree, that back when I was still reacting frequently, I would have waves of pain like that overtake me occasionally, (usually accompanied by severe rumbling and/or gurgling sounds), and if I happened to be walking at the time, they would not only cause me to double over, but once in a while, they would cause me to sink to my knees. As you say, the pain would be almost umbearable, and just about the time that I would think that I couldn't stand it if it got any worse, it would begin to diminish, and in a minute or two, I would be ok.
If that's the sort of thing you are experiencing, I would have to say that you are still having full-blown reactions. I agree, it sure sounds like you are reacting to something in your diet.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.