stomach pains and diarrhea but no blood

Hi all, been well for maybe over a month since going to aruba in May but for a week now my stomach has been upset. I can't seem to figure out what is wrong. Firstly, I always started a flare with blood on tp paper or on stool so this confused me. I have had diarrhea for a week now, not sure if I should just consider it to be very loose stool but there is some orange substance floating on the top of water. I have taken a piece of tp paper and scooped this substance out and it is not blood but seems to be of a pulpy material. I thought it was from plums that I had been consuming so I stopped eating them but I still have it. I have been using powered pysium seed powder that is orange color at night before bed and am also on balsalazide which is also orange, or at least the outside is light orange color. I have not eaten anything orange and this wouldn't particularly concern me if I wasn't having stomach pains and then having to use the bathroom and stomach pains subside. A couple of nights I have had to get up in the middle of the night to relieve myself and have had diarrhea or loose stools with some mild cramping, again but no blood. I have been using the mesalamine enemas nightly also. I must say that my husband was sick for 10 days prior to my change in condition, but he was on an antibiotic for an ear infection. I had to take pepto bismol last night because I had a bad stomach ache. I also have had green poo but think that is from the wheat grass powder.



I was thinking of calling doctor today. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Calling your gi is a must. Flares don't always start the same way and waiting can make things harder to get back to remission. I dont think its powdered to psyllium as that should dissolve easier the balsalazide. My money is on the balsalzide. Sometimes one can develop an intolerance for A5Sa's so check if they can try a different maintenance treatment as well.

Good luck, sounds mild at the moment so nip it in the bud, so to speak

Balsalazide def had me orange! So any mucous you may be pooping due to a flare starting could be orange-tinted.

Call your GI - might be time to increase your maintenance dose of Balsalzide to the "flare dose" or add another med/switch meds.

Keep us posted about the call!

Sorry you have this problem, CeeCee. I cannot eat raw plums, but do OK with them baked into a tart. BabeintheWoods (I am curious) posted a thread some time back about stone fruits causing problems. Good that your doctor will test stool samples in case you picked up a bug. I hope this is just a temporary blip in your health as you seemed to be doing much better on return from Aruba. / Old Hat (33 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)