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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.

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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.
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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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