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Posted 6/4/2011 10:49 AM (GMT -5)
Hi All

I would really really appreciate any guidance;

Had Crohns for a few years and recent mri showed narrowing at terminal ileum.
Consultant has recomended a resection.

Can a narrowing cause pretty much non stop stomach rumbling / gurgling, I put my hand over the upper abdomen and 90 % of the noise / vibration is coming from the stomach, yet the narrowing is at the terminal ileum.
Can this 'narrowing' cause fatigue , feelings of being generally unwell even if I have no active desease at present?
Posted 6/4/2011 12:19 PM (GMT -5)
Yes the narrowing is the cause of all the noise. Things are struggling to get thru the narrow area and thats why you are making lots of noise in your guts.

You are feeling things in different areas of your gut, this is called referred pain. Feeling pain in one area that is generated from a different area.

When I had narrowing I always had alot of nausea. Brushing my teeth at times would be a fight in trying not to throw up. You could still have active disease in areas that a scope could not reach. Hugs!

Welcome to the forum by the way:)
Posted 6/4/2011 9:41 PM (GMT -5)
When you have narrowing, you can also have small intestine bacterial overgrowth, which is pretty easy to fix, it could easily be felt higher up that the narrowing in the illeum. Google SIBO and see if it resonates for you.
Posted 6/5/2011 9:30 AM (GMT -5)
Thanks a lot for replies, I'll do some reading on sibo
Posted 6/5/2011 8:13 PM (GMT -5)
I had that noise issue. It was loud enough for others to hear. I frequently got comments about "must be hungry".

Flagyl helped out quite a bit. Have also been on Cipro (both are antibiotics.)

However, it's likely due to narrowing, so the question is how much is from active flare and how much from scar tissue. When it is that narrow, your flare may act a little different than past flares. For me, it was weird because I had a lot more C than D with this most recent flare. And I had almost always had D in the past.
Posted 6/5/2011 8:48 PM (GMT -5)
since I had my ileum resection have had no more rumbling whereas before surgery sometimes it was so loud I would have to excuse myself from meetings so people could hear themselves talk!
Posted 6/6/2011 4:30 PM (GMT -5)
How do you know your Crohn's is not active? My daughter has no symptoms even when her own Crohn's is active.

What I'm getting at is, how can you tell for sure that the narrowing is due to scar tissue and not to active Crohn's inflammation? 

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