Can anyone tell me about Chrones without bleeding?
Welcome to the Crohn’s Community forum, where I hope you can get the support you need. It is entirely possible to have Crohn’s without bleeding as I can relate from my own experience. I was dx in 1970, only symptoms severe weight loss and diarrhea. I had a good appetite, no pain and no bleeding. Eventually a laparotomy was done (no scopes in thise days) and some 15 different areas in my small intestine were inflamed. Biopsies confirmed the Crohn’s diagnosis. Only treatment then was steroids. I guess my first rectal haemorrhage (a lot more than blood on the paper or in the stool) was in 1985 when my husband and I retired to Spain. I was treated in hospital with IV prednisone and had 3 transfusions. Since then I have had 4 more hospitalisations for heamorrhages, but have not had any since being on methotrexate injections for the past 7 yrs. I guess I was lucky in going 15 yrs without any bleeding whatsoever. Not all Crohn’s have it for life, so my gastro tells me, one or two inflammatory
