1 2 3 4 5 Results About the patient Please ensure you answer all questions Please tell us who you’re enquiring for Please choose one Myself My partner A child My parent Another family member or friend Please note that all questions should be answered from the perspective of the person in question. What is your/their gender? Male Female What is your/their age? Please choose one 0 - 6 months 7 months - 1 year 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Next Locating the pain Please ensure you answer all questions Where is the pain at the moment? Upper abdomen Lower abdomen Back Next Describing the pain Please ensure you answer all questions At the moment, how would you describe the pain?Click on as many of the below as you need to Severe Crampy Dull Gnawing Intense Sharp Back Next Timings Please ensure you answer all questions When did the pain begin? Suddenly, for no apparent reason It started suddenly and seems to be related to something I ate It comes and goes in episodes (which last anything from a few days to weeks) and then disappears Back Next Specific symptoms Please ensure you answer all questions Please select the symptoms from the list below.Click on as many as you need to Unexplained fever Unexplained rapid pulse Pain, ulcers or tender swelling in the rectum Bloated stomach Extremely bloated stomach Vomiting Diarrhoea Fresh blood in stools Stools appear blackened Stools contain streaks of blood and/or mucus Urgency to go to the toilet Urge to go to the toilet when no stool is present Loss of appetite Weight loss Fatigue Ulcers or boils by the anus Other Please note that diagnosis of IBD is not based on symptoms alone and requires expert medical investigation. Always speak to your doctor if you are worried about your symptoms. Back Next Sorry… This symptom checker is for people age 18 years and over. If you are enquiring for a child under 18, please speak to your local healthcare professional. Back Sorry… This symptom checker is only for pain in the lower abdomen (Lower part of the stomach area). If the pain is being experienced in the upper abdomen, please speak to your local healthcare professional. Back Your Results Based on your answers, you should seek immediate medical attention. The Symptom Checker is unable to determine whether your symptoms are similar to IBD. Find your local emergency medical number by visiting this website Your Results The symptoms you have are not typical of someone with active IBD. (People with IBD have active (flare-up) phases, together with calmer periods (remission) where the symptoms are greatly reduced or absent.) Please see your doctor to further investigate your symptoms. Taking a copy of the Symptom Checker results PDF may help you in your discussion with him/her. Please note that the diagnosis of IBD is not based on symptoms alone and requires expert medical investigation. Always speak to a doctor if you are worried about your symptoms or think you may have IBD. Download and print your answers from the Symptom Checker to take with you to the doctor Close Your Results Some of your symptoms are similar to those of IBD. Please note that the diagnosis of IBD cannot be made on the basis of symptoms alone and further investigation will be needed to determine whether you have IBD. Please see your doctor, taking a copy of the Symptom Checker results PDF with you, as described below. What to do now: Call your doctor and arrange an appointment Download and print your answers from the Symptom Checker to take with you to the doctor Learn more about IBD By visiting these pages of our website: What is IBD? What is Ulcerative Colitis? What is Crohn’s disease? Close Before you go… Please ensure you answer all questions Having any kind of bowel symptoms can be worrying. We built this Symptom Checker to help you to record your symptoms and identify when you should speak to your local healthcare professional. We’d like to know how we’ve done, so we can modify the service for others. Before you go, please complete the following two questions: Did the symptom checker help you to understand what to do about your symptoms? (Where 1 = no, not at all and 5 = yes, very much so) Please choose one 5 4 3 2 1 How likely are you to follow the advice that the symptom checker suggested? (Where 1 = not likely and 5 = very likely) Please choose one 5 4 3 2 1 Submit You are about to leave Guts4Life.com to visit a 3rd party website. Please note that Guts4Life (c/o Ferring Pharmaceuticals) are not responsible for the content of this website. OK Thank you for your feedback Your feedback was successfully received We will review all feedback to make sure our tools offer the best service possible.
