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Posted 9/3/2007 8:24 AM (GMT -6)
I am curious to if the pain I get is just a normal crohns attack or if maybe it might be something more serious.  I could just be sitting there and WHAM I get this pain.....I can't even breath it lasts about 1-2 minutes like something is squeezing my insides so tight I can say its pretty darn close to severe labor pains and thats how it comes too...... it lets go long enough to take a couple of breaths and relax for about 3-5 minutes then happens again and this keeps happening until I am able to go to the washroom (which can take up to an hour sometimes)  When this happens I feel like I could scream in pain if only I could take a breath big enough to let out a scream...... Does this happen to anyone else, is this just a regular crohns thing that happens to everyone or could something more be going on in there.  Thanks for your help!!
Posted 9/3/2007 8:44 AM (GMT -6)

I am fairly new to this, and I haven't had this symptom but it doesn't sound normal to me. Hopefully someone will come along with more information that will help you. Hope you get feeling better soon.

Heather

Posted 9/3/2007 12:32 PM (GMT -6)

 This is exactly the type of pain I had before surgery.  I had a stricture and a fistula just above that feeding back into my colon.  I don't have had kids but I have heard the comparison to labor pains....except mine lasted for a year. 

Not fun, hope you feel better soon.

Posted 9/3/2007 4:22 PM (GMT -6)
It sounds like you might be experiencing pain caused by a combination of stricture and inflammation. The stricture makes the bowels have to work harder to move feces through, the inflammation makes that constriction very painful. I liken it to having an infected hangnail or an abscessed tooth. When you press on it, it hurts like crazy -- I think the same thing happens when you have inflammation in the bowel. The constriction of the bowel is like putting your finger on a boil.

In none of my three labours did I experience pain anywhere near as intense as I have felt at times because of my disease. Pain should probably be a signal. Share what's going on with your GI.
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