On the UC front, I am doing about the same as last month. I have developed a very minor case of tenesmus. For those who have never heard of that, "Tenesmus is the feeling you need to have a bowel movement, even if you just had one and your colon is empty." (WebMD). It is a feeling of pressure on the anus that something needs to come out. I have started having that feeling on and off, but it is slight and not a problem. Hopefully it will not develop into anything more.
However, the tenesmus is not the new symptom I experienced, and I know it is caused by my UC. No, this new symptom is something else.
Not quite two weeks ago, I woke up and felt dizzy. I made my way to the bathroom, steadying my hands on the walls. After using the bathroom, I waited for a few minutes to see if the feeling would go away. It did not, but it did improve enough that I was able to get dressed and eat.
But I was still dizzy. And the back of my neck hurt. At first I thought I might have a pinched nerve, but an internet search said that there was a lot of pain associated with pinched nerves. I had no pain, just dizziness.
I slowly improved, and by the evening of the following day, I was much better. But it has now been twelve days and it has not gone away. Sometimes it gets worse for a minute, but then goes back to what it was.
Just by ulcerative colitis' nature, there is the possibility that this dizziness is caused by my UC or my UC medication. But it is not a symptom or side-effect I have read about. I am on medication for high blood pressure, and I guess it could be related to that. Maybe it's caused by my many hours hunched over my laptop. I do get up regularly and walk around or do something else, as well as move my neck around. Or the dizziness could be caused by some new medical condition I've developed but haven't been diagnosed yet. I do not have anemia.
So . . . (here we go again) . . . I'll wait a few more weeks and see how it goes. If it does not go away or gets worse, I'll make an appointment with my family doctor and see if he can find anything to explain it.
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