Trying to figure out my situation with Chron’s
Hi guys, it’s my first time posting here and I’m really making an effort to describe my symptoms. I find it really hard to talk about it to anyone in real life and so I rely on this subreddit. ( I apologize beforehand if my English is not perfect and something may be lost)
I’d really hope someone could help me understand my situation a bit better. I’m just 19 years old. In the past years I have been frequently experiencing strong stomach pain and cramps, especially when traveling. It was something that happened frequently, but if I just lied with my belly facing down everything went away.
In the past year tough things have been getting a little worse. As I said I’ve always had these type of cramps, 90% of the time when I was travelling or in general outside of home; but in the past few months I’ve started bleeding when I go to the toilet… almost every time. All of the time is bright red blood, it’s not in the stool itself but bleeds directly from my butt… like a sort of cut. I probably think it’s fissures but I might be wrong.
Sometimes I bleed more, like a lot of drops coming out, sometimes it’s just a bit on the toilet paper, sometimes I don’t bleed at all and I feel perfectly fine. I know I’m totally irresponsible for not talking to anyone about this, nor visiting a doctor and getting proper treatment. I know its bad, but I just can’t get myself to do it.
I was hoping someone could help me to understand whether this is Chron’s or not, or something similar. Consider I really struggle to gain weight ( I’ve been skinny all my life but in the past months it’s a bit worse), a lot of the time I feel tired and I also have an history of autoimmune diseases in my family. I don’t have diarrhea at all though.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Sorry for the rough details. I would greatly appreciate your help