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Glad to find this forum on the Internet. Thanks for making this available and for all the shared stories.
I'm in my 40s and having some problems. When I was 13, I remember having a sharp cramping pain in my stomach after drinking a half pint of milk as part of a pre-football game meal. A year or so after that (age 15 - 16 maybe), I remember having chronic severe itchy throat that eventually went away. It was hard to see into my throat at that time because I still had my tonsils.
At 26, I had severe nausea and vomiting for three days before being admitted to the ER. The pain was so bad I couldn't stand up straight. After many days on IV and numerous tests, one of the four doctors treating me decided to do emergency abdominal surgery because I was dying. He discovered and removed a ruptured appendix. The hospital had ruled that out on admission because my pain was on the wrong side of my abs for it to be the appendix.
I got better and over the years following, I'd have occasional bouts of nausea and vomiting. I'd always chalk it up to food poisoning. Once it got so bad I spent all day yaking and then had to go to the ER because I was getting dehydrated.
Flash forward to earlier this year when I realized I had a problem with an unpleasant odor in my mouth and a burning tongue and eyes. I was told my tonsils had to be removed. Got them taken out and when I got home and looked in the mirror, I could now see the back of my throat easily and noticed something white coating the back of it.
I went back to the hospital to the ear, nose, and throat clinic where the procedure was done and saw 3 different doctors on different days and they all told me that my adenoids were exposed due to a post-nasal drip. I didn't have a drip from my nose but they couldn't be persuaded. Oh well.
After doing my own research on the Net, I found out that most likely there was thrush in my throat and on my tongue. Further research help me make the connection between thrush and candida overgrowth, leaky gut syndrome and candida, and finally Crohn's disease and leaky gut.
Over the years I've had a few other symptoms: rashes on my back, feet, and arms, a bout of chronic athlete's foot, soft stool constantly, occasional diarrhea, gurgling sounds from my stomach, dizziness, and lack of concentration. And since my mid-20s I've had a gray ring around my eyes which I just learned is scurf rim and an indication of toxins in the bloodstream.
My father and grandfather also had a ring but theirs was much larger.
I'm not 100% sure I have Crohn's, I'm going to a GI doc soon for testing. I've read some of the stories on here and the pain and nausea that a lot of people are reporting - I've only experienced 6 or 7 times in my life. The biggest problem I've had is the thrush in my mouth. Oh, I forgot to mention that a couple of years ago I developed a sore on my backside that won't heal. I've taken so many antibiotics, soaked in a tub with hibiclens... nothing gets rid of it. When I found out about Crohn's, I learned about fistulas that can form between the skin and large intestine, so I think that's what it could be.
Diflucan is the only thing that stops the burning on my tongue and in my eyes - I'm on it now. How funny is it that a man gets a yeast infection? Pretty damn funny! You should have seen the look the cashier at the pharmacy gave me when I filled my first prescription. lmao!
If I have Crohn's, I feel fortunate that my problems are not severe compared to what I've read here. I feel relatively healthy and I run 5 - 8 miles every day. Well sometimes I take a few days off, like now, but I'll be back on the road tomorrow morning bright and early.
From the stories I've read on here, no one has had a problem with thrush. Does that mean I probably don't have Crohn's? Or could this be something other than thrush? If this isn't Crohn's, what else could it be? Any comments or insights you can share will be tremendously appreciated.
Glad to find this forum on the Internet. Thanks for making this available and for all the shared stories.
I'm in my 40s and having some problems. When I was 13, I remember having a sharp cramping pain in my stomach after drinking a half pint of milk as part of a pre-football game meal. A year or so after that (age 15 - 16 maybe), I remember having chronic severe itchy throat that eventually went away. It was hard to see into my throat at that time because I still had my tonsils.
At 26, I had severe nausea and vomiting for three days before being admitted to the ER. The pain was so bad I couldn't stand up straight. After many days on IV and numerous tests, one of the four doctors treating me decided to do emergency abdominal surgery because I was dying. He discovered and removed a ruptured appendix. The hospital had ruled that out on admission because my pain was on the wrong side of my abs for it to be the appendix.
I got better and over the years following, I'd have occasional bouts of nausea and vomiting. I'd always chalk it up to food poisoning. Once it got so bad I spent all day yaking and then had to go to the ER because I was getting dehydrated.
Flash forward to earlier this year when I realized I had a problem with an unpleasant odor in my mouth and a burning tongue and eyes. I was told my tonsils had to be removed. Got them taken out and when I got home and looked in the mirror, I could now see the back of my throat easily and noticed something white coating the back of it.
I went back to the hospital to the ear, nose, and throat clinic where the procedure was done and saw 3 different doctors on different days and they all told me that my adenoids were exposed due to a post-nasal drip. I didn't have a drip from my nose but they couldn't be persuaded. Oh well.
After doing my own research on the Net, I found out that most likely there was thrush in my throat and on my tongue. Further research help me make the connection between thrush and candida overgrowth, leaky gut syndrome and candida, and finally Crohn's disease and leaky gut.
Over the years I've had a few other symptoms: rashes on my back, feet, and arms, a bout of chronic athlete's foot, soft stool constantly, occasional diarrhea, gurgling sounds from my stomach, dizziness, and lack of concentration. And since my mid-20s I've had a gray ring around my eyes which I just learned is scurf rim and an indication of toxins in the bloodstream.
My father and grandfather also had a ring but theirs was much larger.
I'm not 100% sure I have Crohn's, I'm going to a GI doc soon for testing. I've read some of the stories on here and the pain and nausea that a lot of people are reporting - I've only experienced 6 or 7 times in my life. The biggest problem I've had is the thrush in my mouth. Oh, I forgot to mention that a couple of years ago I developed a sore on my backside that won't heal. I've taken so many antibiotics, soaked in a tub with hibiclens... nothing gets rid of it. When I found out about Crohn's, I learned about fistulas that can form between the skin and large intestine, so I think that's what it could be.
Diflucan is the only thing that stops the burning on my tongue and in my eyes - I'm on it now. How funny is it that a man gets a yeast infection? Pretty damn funny! You should have seen the look the cashier at the pharmacy gave me when I filled my first prescription. lmao!
If I have Crohn's, I feel fortunate that my problems are not severe compared to what I've read here. I feel relatively healthy and I run 5 - 8 miles every day. Well sometimes I take a few days off, like now, but I'll be back on the road tomorrow morning bright and early.
From the stories I've read on here, no one has had a problem with thrush. Does that mean I probably don't have Crohn's? Or could this be something other than thrush? If this isn't Crohn's, what else could it be? Any comments or insights you can share will be tremendously appreciated.
