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Back passage bleeding and good colonoscopy

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Hello,

It's about my husband....Back in february he started recieveing sharp pains in lower abdominen and bleeding from back passage (a good, visible one). He goes to the toilet in urge and than spends an hour inside and can't clean properly... He was reffered urgent for Colonoscopy, which was done in early April, including several just in case biopsies taken and all came back fine - they didn't see anything in bowel, no hemoroids or anything and the biopsies didn't show a problem. He just recieved a letter from the hospital all is fine and no anymore meetings with Consultant. But his situation hasn't improved a bit since than, he is still bleeding ect, so we went back to GP, who did him blood tests, which already were showing he is anemic (what a surprise?!) and a bit of increased CRP (which they didn't adress as a problem) and GP said he can't do anything but reffer him back to hospital. We recieved a letter from hospital to await for appointment, but as this doesn't happen I rang them today and they said the letter should go through triage and if approved he would be seen as urgent in about 4 weeks time, if not the waiting list is 42 weeks???
I would appreciate any advice re how to deal with that, because bleeding with a lot of pain and spending hours a day in toilet doesn't seem right for me for a 36 y.o. man... If it is not bowel cancer (which we hope persuming colonoscopy is fine), what else could it be taking months with no improvement?
Also I'm happy to fly overseas to see a doctor, but they won't let us have his documents, so I can show them at least results from Colonoscopy - we only have the letter from hospital all is fine.

Thnaks for your help!

 

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    Hi,

    Sorry to hear that your Husband has been having so many problems lately.

    There are a variety of things that can cause rectal bleeding, generally a consultation with a Doctor (or other qualified professional) should help you to narrow down the potential causes by looking at the symptoms and your history. For example: blood mixed in with your stool may be caused by something like cancer, while fresh red blood in the pan may be caused by a fissure (tear).

    Although you shouldn't have to, you could consider seeing a Doctor privately instead of travelling abroad. 

    Your Husband is absolutely entitled to a copy of his medical records. You can try contacting the hospitals medical records department for advice, but I find it unusual that you didn't get a copy of the endoscopy report as patients are generally provided with a copy on discharge.

    Best wishes

    Rich

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    Thanks for coming back. He is being seen by a doctor, but they all keep passing the ball to each other and doing nothing and time goes by. He already feels very bad and I am extremely worried. We have family overseas that's why I suggested going there. But I will be more than happy to pay for a privite one, I just don't know where to go.... I don't want to waste time and money and I get the impression most doctora don't engage really until solving the problem.

     

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    Hi, Im sorry for replying to this after a year but Im researching information for my husband. He went through almost the same situation you described. Had good colonoscopy and gastroscopy visually. Nothing seen not even harmorrhoids. Some samples taken 2 weeks ago for celiac testing but we still havent heard back. And he is also anemic. And still passing out blood after bowel motion every so often. 

     

    Im wondering if you managed to get a diagnosis?

    Thank you

     

  • Offline in reply to Confused88

    Hi Confused88,

    I am doing some research as my friend is going through the same thing.  He is currently in hospital , bleeding heavily with each bowel motion and they are still insisting they can find nothing wrong via colonoscopy.  Did you ever get any answers?

    Thanks

  • Offline in reply to KimboSelecta

    Hi, I haven't been back here, but thought it might be useful to share. It ended up being haemorrhoids, but why the doctor found out about this only after the second manual check I still don't understand. He did have a few episodes back after changing lifestyle, but overall is better and not bleeding now.

    I hope all ends up being well with you too.

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