do i have IBS? i have not changed much in my diet, but....
i have these symptoms:
intestinal bloating
lower stomach/intestinal areas/gut bulging and protruding (only recently)
gas all the time
difficulty passing motion even though stool is soft
intestinal fullness
feel the need to pass motion all the time
feeling as if have not had a complete evacuation after passing motion
stool alternates from hard to soft
discomfort relieved after passing motion/gas
stomach discomfort (sometimes)
little nausea or loss of appetite
occasional upper backache (??)
little/no stomach pain
(currently having my period)
p.s. i have ALWAYS had large meals and prozac medication
2007-10-20 04:02:04 · 2 answers · asked by mem0_hujin 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
It could be IBS or Crohn's Disease or colitis or something very related. Best evaluated by a Gastrointestinal doctor.
2007-10-20 04:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by Snuffy Smith 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bloating could be period, and a lot of the other symtoms.
You do have a lot of IBS syptoms, but, IBS has a lot of symptoms in common with other illnesses (ie. Chron's disease, colitis, ulceritive colitis ect...) ((I was tested for all of these)). My advice would be to either go see a gastroenterologist. If you don't want to do this quite yet, I'd definatly recomend a colon cleanse. Check out drnatura.com I used their colon clease program (as did my husband) and we were SOOO glad we did, my mom, his uncle and my sister all did it too. It also helped my husband lose 15 pounds.
IBS is realy a difficult thing to diagnose, because you have to be tested for other things first. You'l probably have to do a colonocopy and possibly an enoscopy.
Try cutting out red meat, dairy, white flour and fatty foods.
Good luck, and for your sake, I hope it's just gas.
2007-10-20 04:20:52 · answer #2 · answered by reptileandee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be your medication, try having smaller meals throughout the day and cutting out dairy and stuff, if its ibs it can be controlled by diet. i have colitis and one major symptom of this is passing blood from behind and pains in your left side.
2007-10-20 11:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or it could be Celiac Disease. Testing is available by blood testing and/or endoscopy with biopsy. A GI doc is who u need to see.
www.csaceliacs.org
www.celiac.com
www.celiac.org
2007-10-20 16:43:34 · answer #4 · answered by Glutenfreegirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋