Hi everyone. I'm a 22 year old male. I'm somewhat relieved to have found this forum and super glad I'm not the only one dealing with this. I also have celiac disease.
I've never really ever had problems with my bowels or anything of the sort other then pain every now and then from constipation or whatever. Last Wednesday, I drove about two hours to pick my sister up from the airport. We met up, reunited and what not. The next big decision was what to eat for lunch. We were starving. We decided on a Thai restaurant. We assumed the noodles and everything were gluten free since they're labeled "rice noodles" We definitely should've asked. Anyways nothing bothered my stomach immediately. Didn't think much of it. We stopped at 7 other locations while we were in the city. Just random arrands and such. I usually only have one bowel movement a day and its in the morning. While we were in the city I had three bowel movements within an 8 hour span I'd estimate. It didn't bother me, and it wasn't painful although I found it strange.
I got home, passed out from exhaustion. As the days progressed I started experiencing subtle pain with my bowel movements. Each day, getting more and more intense. Sitting in a tub of warm water helped relieved the after pain. Finally, this last Tuesday I felt I had enough and went to a clinic. The doctor examined me and said he couldn't see a problem but if I didn't get better by next week they'd have to send me to a specialist so they could use a scope. He sent me home with a prescription of two different antibiotics and hydrocortisone suppositories.
Its now day three of these medications and I can't seem to notice any of the symptoms getting better. Honestly, I feel the medication is just adding more symptoms and making my condition worse. I really do feel like its an anal fissure. And I'm at the point of randomly crying from pain and overall getting randomly emotional due to the side effects of the hydrocortisone.
I never realized how often to you clench down there while doing everyday activities but its effecting my life in such a negative way