Hola. Mujer de 25 años. Hace aproximadamente un año, mis hábitos intestinales comenzaron a cambiar diariamente. Durante unos 2 meses tuve diarrea o estreñimiento con mucha hinchazón en el abdomen superior. Luego todo volvió a la normalidad y seguí con mi vida. Avanzando rápido hasta hace unos 2 meses. Diarrea constante, dolor abdominal superior e inferior, despertándome con hinchazón y náuseas. Después de finalmente visitar a mi médico de cabecera, me diagnosticaron con H. pylori. Estoy en la primera semana del tratamiento con triple antibiótico y, después de sufrir masivos dolores de cabeza y heces con puntos negros (basicamente sangre seca), corrí a la sala de emergencias.
Me hicieron un examen de heces, un escáner CT completo de mi abdomen, un ultrasonido de mi vesícula biliar y análisis de sangre. ¡Todo está genial! ¿Debería molestar a mi médico para una colonoscopia o endoscopia? ¿Significa que estoy en la zona segura en cuanto a cáncer el CT claro? ¿Qué debo hacer ahora?
¡Gracias!
Firstly, none of us have any medical qualification, so please, take what we say in that knowledge. I would think a CT scan would have shown anything that was wrong, as CT scans are a regular part of monitoring if your are given a cancer diagnosis. As all the ER tests came back fine, it really doesn't sound as if you have anything to worry about. They would have asked for a colonoscopy/endoscopy if they had the slightest concerns, or felt there was something they needed more information on. Also, at 25, you would be way out on the edges of the age group likely to have a cancer diagnosis. Not impossible, but extremely unlikely.
However, I would go and ask your GP if the headaches are any sort of reaction to the antibiotic. Did the ER comment on them?
I personally would rather have a colonoscopy to be on the safe side, there is more than likely nothing wrong but if your anything like me youl worry about it
You have to remember that although a colonoscopy is a test, it is invasive, and does carry risks. Can't remember what the statistics are, but they warn you there is a risk of the bowel being perforated, which means emergency surgery. So you will find it is something they won't do unless they are certain it is required. And when every other test has come back as clear, that should be enough for you, would one more really make a difference?
I had one two weeks ago the dr said it was one in ten thousand the risk of perforation, maybe give it some time and see do your symptoms go away , is there a family history of bowel cancer, I had a very strong history including my mother who passed from it so had to have one done
Hi I'm 27 F I'm going through almost the same as you except I have rectal bleeding and mucus I also have black spots in my stool but I did a fecal occult test and it came back negative for blood 😕 I have abdominal pain (sharp and stabby) been going on for 9 months I have a colonoscopy next Friday I'm so scared I've got cancer