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Has your doc done an ANA blood test? This would aid in detecting an autoimmune disease, which Crohn’s is. Even if they find you do have it, it can usually be controlled with the proper medication.
I have had crohn’s disease for about 6 years now, I was diagnosed when I was 10 or 11, and yes, that is a symptom of Crohn’s disease.
Look out for the following, as well:
loss of appetite
weight loss
fatigue
loose stools
mucus/slimey substance in stools
and possibly these:
aching joints and muscles
pale looking skin, scratchy etc.
If those start surfacing in the next few weeks and you continue having your current symptoms, I am afraid to say you may well have Crohn’s or another IBD.
Good luck
The most common early symptoms of Crohn’s disease are chronic diarrhea (which sometimes is bloody), crampy abdominal pain, fever, loss of appetite, and weight loss. Symptoms may continue for days or weeks and may resolve without treatment. Complete and permanent recovery after a single attack is extremely rare. Crohn’s disease almost always flares up at irregular intervals throughout a person’s life. Flare-ups can be mild or severe, brief or prolonged. Severe flare-ups can lead to intense pain, dehydration, and blood loss. Why the symptoms come and go and what triggers new flare-ups or determines their severity is not known. Recurrent inflammation tends to appear in the same area of the intestine, but it may spread to adjacent areas after a diseased segment has been removed surgically.
Typical symptoms include chronic diarrhea (which sometimes is bloody), frequency of bowel movements, diarrhea that alternates with constipation, crampy abdominal pain, fever, loss of appetite, and weight loss. One doesn’t have to have experienced all the symptoms. The symptoms can be either gradual OR sudden.
Don’t be afraid, Crohn’s is treatable.