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IBS, Colitis etc. - Symptoms and experiences
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Bit of a personal question, I know, but have any ABers experienced IBS, Crohn's Disease or Colitis at all...? Had the runs for about 3 weeks now, but a stool sample shows it's not an infection, but for the past week it's been...ew...yellow, and very loose. As well as feeling shattered all the while (probably not surprising!), my appetite is pretty poor, but so far I've had no serious stomach pains or aches. I've booked in to see my G.P. end of this week, as it's getting unbearable now and doesn't seem to be easing up, but until then...
A few people have mentioned Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and I wondered if anyone on here experience similar symptoms, and what the cause was found to be in the end? Did you have any investigations, or find your G.P. pretty dismissive of the whole idea? It's all a bit terrifying as thoughts of things like bowel cancer, stoma bags etc. start running through your mind, but at 26 I'm probably a wee bit young for anything that serious yet.
Bit of a personal question, I know, but have any ABers experienced IBS, Crohn's Disease or Colitis at all...? Had the runs for about 3 weeks now, but a stool sample shows it's not an infection, but for the past week it's been...ew...yellow, and very loose. As well as feeling shattered all the while (probably not surprising!), my appetite is pretty poor, but so far I've had no serious stomach pains or aches. I've booked in to see my G.P. end of this week, as it's getting unbearable now and doesn't seem to be easing up, but until then...
A few people have mentioned Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and I wondered if anyone on here experience similar symptoms, and what the cause was found to be in the end? Did you have any investigations, or find your G.P. pretty dismissive of the whole idea? It's all a bit terrifying as thoughts of things like bowel cancer, stoma bags etc. start running through your mind, but at 26 I'm probably a wee bit young for anything that serious yet.
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I have been having the runs after i eat anything with wheat flour in it.have not gone too see my GP yet will go for a visit by the end of the week.I think I may have celiac disease or IBS.
Have a look at your diet and what you normaly eat you may have a gluten intolerance.
Kozmic
I have been having the runs after i eat anything with wheat flour in it.have not gone too see my GP yet will go for a visit by the end of the week.I think I may have celiac disease or IBS.
Have a look at your diet and what you normaly eat you may have a gluten intolerance.
Kozmic
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Good luck to you too Kozmic - Earliest I could get in the docs was Friday evening so I'll catch up with you after that. Hoping it's just something like IBS or colitis - even gallbladder problems (hence the yellow colour) - it'd just be nice to know what it is for definite, at least to stop all nasty thoughts of God-knows-what running through my mind :(
I have had a similar problem and have since cut out all wheat and gluten in my diet and the problem clears up. Doc is not sure as to whether it is specifically coeliac disease, but it is certainly intolerence to. You can have both, so I'm told.
You have said you don't have much gluten in your diet, however wheat and gluten are in the most bizarre of foods stuffs such as stock cubes for example and even some flavourings are gluten based. It might be worth checking carefully.
Have you tried reducing your dairy intake? Dairy intolerence can start at any time and cause exactly these symptons anothe biggy in the intolerable foods would be soya. Do you have lots of soya in your diet as this can also cause this problem which is why in countries were soya and their products are staple foods, dissentry (sp) is such a problem as most people have the runs anyway...
hope you begin to feel better soon
You have said you don't have much gluten in your diet, however wheat and gluten are in the most bizarre of foods stuffs such as stock cubes for example and even some flavourings are gluten based. It might be worth checking carefully.
Have you tried reducing your dairy intake? Dairy intolerence can start at any time and cause exactly these symptons anothe biggy in the intolerable foods would be soya. Do you have lots of soya in your diet as this can also cause this problem which is why in countries were soya and their products are staple foods, dissentry (sp) is such a problem as most people have the runs anyway...
hope you begin to feel better soon
My diet is pretty shoddy to be honest; up until recently, I used to drink waaaaay too much very strong coffee (although I've gone onto a Green Tea fad now! lol), although I've never been keen on milk or anything with milk in it, so I don't think I have much of a dairy intake. I'm just hoping my doc doesn't fob me off with IBS as an excuse, rather than sorting out what it is for definite.
Yup Pessimist - recently redeployed to a new, much more stressful post when my ward closed (I'm a nurse - not in gastroenterology, you'll be glad to know! lol), which meant completely overhawling my shift patterns too. The problem started when I started my new post - it might just be coincidence, I'm not sure, as I'm on annual leave this week and it's been worse than ever.
Hi,
if it is very yellowy and loose, it could also be a dairy intolerance.
Last year my son had a stomach bug and I took him to see the docs, as even after the sickness cleared up he still had the runs for ages - the doc found no infection but did tell us that after a tummy bug you can develop a 'temporary' intolorance to dairy products - he suggested that we change to soya fo a couple of weeks and then slowly re-introduce dairy........It worked, the diarrhoea cleared up within a few days and we kept up with the dairy for about 3 weeks then slowly started dairy again and everythings been fine since.
hope this helps
A xXx
if it is very yellowy and loose, it could also be a dairy intolerance.
Last year my son had a stomach bug and I took him to see the docs, as even after the sickness cleared up he still had the runs for ages - the doc found no infection but did tell us that after a tummy bug you can develop a 'temporary' intolorance to dairy products - he suggested that we change to soya fo a couple of weeks and then slowly re-introduce dairy........It worked, the diarrhoea cleared up within a few days and we kept up with the dairy for about 3 weeks then slowly started dairy again and everythings been fine since.
hope this helps
A xXx
Hey Hey Kozmic! Only checked on here by chance to ask you the same!
Read a bit around Celiac Disease and it doesn't seem tooo bad - just a bit awkward changing your dietary habits, and having to keep an even closer eye on what you eat. Let's hope it's not that though, and just something simple and obvious they've overlooked :)
As for mine, no infection, parasites or bacteria, and all he kept saying was "There's definitely something wrong here" after testing my blood, stool and examining me - Came out more terrified than when I went in! He signed me off work for a fortnight as he's concerned my ITU patients might catch it if it is anything contagious (although this looks unlikely), and I've got to send off another sample before I go back next week for a referral to a G.I. specialist. Sounds like it might be the camera for me :o(
Read a bit around Celiac Disease and it doesn't seem tooo bad - just a bit awkward changing your dietary habits, and having to keep an even closer eye on what you eat. Let's hope it's not that though, and just something simple and obvious they've overlooked :)
As for mine, no infection, parasites or bacteria, and all he kept saying was "There's definitely something wrong here" after testing my blood, stool and examining me - Came out more terrified than when I went in! He signed me off work for a fortnight as he's concerned my ITU patients might catch it if it is anything contagious (although this looks unlikely), and I've got to send off another sample before I go back next week for a referral to a G.I. specialist. Sounds like it might be the camera for me :o(
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