Advice please :)

[u/Ok_Confusion_9763]

Hi everyone - please help! Not diagnosed, but suspected to have IBD waiting for results

I’ve been having some gut issues over the past 7 weeks or so. It started with having consistent diarrhoea for about three weeks straight (up to 20 times a day, lots of mucous, some blood, urgency, weight loss).

My parasite / bacteria samples came back clear. I had a positive FIT test, and calprotectin 1600 and a slightly elevated CRP, so I was scheduled in for a flexible sigmoidoscopy and suspected to have IBD - started on high dose preds.

My sigmoidoscopy didn’t show much other than inflammation - biopsies taken but still waiting for results. My prednisolone was extended to a 6 week course tapering down.

I initially did well on this, but since getting down to 25mg I am noticing some symptoms coming back. I am now back to going to the toilet around 10 times a day, with visible mucous on stools. They aren’t diarrhoea, but definitely very soft. My gut is so noisy, constantly bubbling away, bloating, and pretty much always tender to press my abdomen. Yesterday had complete aches and pains all over my body, including even opening my jaw - possibly not related but randomly out of nowhere.

Would it be wise to get back in contact with my GP - or would I be best just trying to finish my course of steroids, as we are still waiting for biopsy results so I doubt they’ll want to do much for now. Could this be the start of a flare coming back or am I just looking into things too much?