does a flare always mean blood?

maddi1

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Posted 11/7/2007 1:03 PM (GMT -6)

when everyone on this board uses the term "flare" does it mean blood, mucous, d etc.? Could a flare also just be no blood, formed stool, but mucous is present?

sodbuster19

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Posted 11/7/2007 1:16 PM (GMT -6)

As for me, what you just decribed is usally the start of a flre for me. Then comes the blood and D.

UCreallySUCKS

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Posted 11/7/2007 1:26 PM (GMT -6)

I've been flaring for 1.5 years, and have only had a couple days with minor blood/mucous during the past year. So a flare doesn't necessarily mean blood/mucous. If your colon is inflammed, then you're flaring.

princesa

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Posted 11/7/2007 1:30 PM (GMT -6)

Not for me. I've had mild to moderate flares with no blood at all. In fact, I haven't really bled since the first year or two after I was diagnosed.

tjf

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Posted 11/7/2007 1:35 PM (GMT -6)

My flare signs are typically urgency, mucous and blood. Mucous being the first sign things are headed south for me.

pb4

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Posted 11/7/2007 2:01 PM (GMT -6)

Flares can consist of many symptoms or few symptoms, as long as your bowel habits are not "normal" like before getting IBD then there is some degree of a flare going on.

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UC Fighter

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Posted 11/7/2007 2:07 PM (GMT -6)

I'm flaring but I don't usually see blood.

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