Chronic Diarrhea After Appendectomy... Posted: 12-20-05 13:26pm
I'm 20 years old and was the victim (har
har) of a laproscopic appendectomy 4 weeks
and 2 days ago. I was constipated for 2
days after my surgery. After my first
bowel movement, I had diarrhea for 6 days
(the remainder of the time I was on
antibiotics...Two of them). I had to use
anti-nausea suppositories to keep my
antibiotics and any food down. I was
assuming that the combination of the
suppositories and the antibiotics had
given me diarrhea. Well, after my meds
were gone, my diarrhea went into remission
for 3 days or so. Since then, i've had it
every few days. And now i've had it for
three days in a row, and it's waking me up
in the middle of the night. I've never
had problems with anything
gastrointestinal before my appendectomy,
so I called my surgeon's office, and the
woman I spoke with told me that it was
probably unrelated to my surgery...Which
seemed a little ridiculous, considering
that it was a brand new, post-operative
issue. I'm afraid of losing anymore
weight, but I don't want to eat because
i'm tired of having to run to the
bathroom. Has anyone else had any
diarrhea problems after an appendectomy?
I can't imagine what else the cause could
be. I was reading that it puts you at
risk for all sorts of bowel problems.
Scary stuff!
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Guest
Guest
Appendix Posted: 01-04-06 12:04pm
I had the same problem with the diahrea
for nearly 3 years after my appendix
ruptured. I went to different doctors
for almost 3 years after my surgery.
Lots of tests. Nothing... Then all of a
sudden I was feeling poorly. A doctor
ordered a nuclear scan which shows the
functionality of the gallbladder. I had
gallstones. I had my gallbladder removed
a month ago and I can now eat dairy,
vegetables etc!!! No problems and no
restrictions on food!!!
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maqdahe
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Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 1
Constant Diarrhea after appendectomy Posted: 05-16-08 10:44am
My son just have an appendectomy about 10
days ago, but diarrhea persists and
doctors don't allow me to take him home
since they don't know what's the cause of
this problem
Did you get a solution to this problem by
now? Would you let me now about it?
Thanks
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curious2know
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Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 1
i thought i was alone Posted: 07-18-08 15:54pm
i am so astonished to read what you have
written, before my appendix was removed, i
never had diarrhea problems. after my
appendix was removed i had a number of
side effects in the 2 weeks that followed
such as bronchitis, breaking out into
spots and blackouts. in the months which
followed i would get diarrhea from eating
food at weddings, conferences etc. 4
months later i went to southern asia,
where it became continuous and has been so
ever since. i think i might have picked up
rotavirus or something, which could have
also led to a gastrointestinal disease,
but no tests, colonoscopies or anything
tells of any problems.
according to wikipeadia, "the appendix
serves as a safe haven for useful bacteria
when illness flushes those bacteria from
the rest of the intestines" and "diarrhea
is one of the leading causes of death in
developing countries, indicating that a
role of the appendix as an aid in
recovering beneficial bacteria following
diarrhea may be extremely important in the
absence of modern health and sanitation
practices".
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