# Digestive health **URL:** https://community.patient.info/c/digestive-health/16.md [Latest](https://community.patient.info/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.patient.info/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.patient.info/tags.md) --- ## [About the Gut, bowel and stomach category](https://community.patient.info/t/about-the-gut-bowel-and-stomach-category/807019)
**Author:** [@discourse\_admin](https://community.patient.info/u/discourse_admin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [17 September 2025 08:57 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/about-the-gut-bowel-and-stomach-category/807019 "2025-09-17T08:57:59Z")
--- ## [Digestive issues - need help!](https://community.patient.info/t/digestive-issues-need-help/1014787)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1264181](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1264181)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [6 October 2026 13:30 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/digestive-issues-need-help/1014787 "2026-10-06T13:30:08Z")
I need some help! I have been experiencing gut/digestive problems for a year and my doctor isn’t helping! Started Nov-Dec last year. I started experiencing pain and cramping after I ate but only in the afternoon. May -… --- ## [Mesh removal](https://community.patient.info/t/mesh-removal/681627)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1211446](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1211446)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [29 September 2026 04:36 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/mesh-removal/681627 "2026-09-29T04:36:23Z")
I’ve been suffering with chronic groin pain for the last 3 years, unable to walk or work. i had an inguinal hernia repair 10 years ago and have now decided to look at options to remove the mesh. can anyone recommend a … --- ## [Abdominal hernia mesh removal](https://community.patient.info/t/abdominal-hernia-mesh-removal/783889)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_775265](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_775265)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [29 September 2026 04:24 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/abdominal-hernia-mesh-removal/783889 "2026-09-29T04:24:24Z")
Patient.info HERNIA Messages Notifications Has anyone gotten their hernia mesh removed? Unfollow Posted 5 years ago, 48 users are following. Esoteric Esoteric Message I’m finding it really hard to find actual p… --- ## [Numbness after hemorrhoid surgery](https://community.patient.info/t/numbness-after-hemorrhoid-surgery/644379)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1161001](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1161001)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [28 September 2026 01:05 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/numbness-after-hemorrhoid-surgery/644379 "2026-09-28T01:05:21Z")
Good evening all, Let me introduce myself. I'm 38, been living with internal hems for about 15 years, never really bothered me until I got an external one in November that never went away. Had surgery this Monday Ma… --- ## [Has anyone had open mesh hernia repair surgery and keyhole hernia repair surgery?](https://community.patient.info/t/has-anyone-had-open-mesh-hernia-repair-surgery-and-keyhole-hernia-repair-surgery/1006797)
**Author:** [@SPL](https://community.patient.info/u/SPL)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [25 September 2026 05:18 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/has-anyone-had-open-mesh-hernia-repair-surgery-and-keyhole-hernia-repair-surgery/1006797 "2026-09-25T05:18:29Z")
I am trying to understand the difference in pain and discomfort between the two operations? One is supposed to be far less invasive. --- ## [Gastritis- please help?](https://community.patient.info/t/gastritis-please-help/749330)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1340408](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1340408)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 15:32 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/gastritis-please-help/749330 "2026-09-19T15:32:59Z")
Hello, Has anyone else experienced gastritis? About a month ago I began to experience on and off upper stomach/rib pain, that I was, at the time, able to ignore. I also noticed I was burping a lot and feeling nauseous. … --- ## [Hemorrhoidectomy, 9 days post OP](https://community.patient.info/t/hemorrhoidectomy-9-days-post-op/747950)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1337180](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1337180)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 09:53 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/hemorrhoidectomy-9-days-post-op/747950 "2026-09-19T09:53:20Z")
Anybody else out there currently recovering from a hemorrhoidectomy? Looking for a few people to share daily recover updates with. --- ## [more than 10 months after hemorroidectomy: unable to sit! Unable to stand more than 30 minutes.](https://community.patient.info/t/more-than-10-months-after-hemorroidectomy-unable-to-sit-unable-to-stan/705957)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1251787](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1251787)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 09:23 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/more-than-10-months-after-hemorroidectomy-unable-to-sit-unable-to-stan/705957 "2026-09-19T09:23:06Z")
I’m \>10 months post-surgery (hemorroidectomy) and unable to sit! Also constant pressure/pain in rectum while standing. I had epidural injection for the surgery. During past 10 months, I developed lower back pain, pain … --- ## [New pain/swelling 6 weeks after Hemorrhoidectomy ](https://community.patient.info/t/new-pain-swelling-6-weeks-after-hemorrhoidectomy/717722)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1270028](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1270028)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 09:11 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/new-pain-swelling-6-weeks-after-hemorrhoidectomy/717722 "2026-09-19T09:11:02Z")
Hi all, I had a ‘surprise’ triple hemorrhoidectomy during a colonoscopy 6 weeks ago. i had about 2/3 really bad weeks of pain and bleeding, but then suddenly turned a corner. I’ve found the psychological element of the … --- ## [Severe digestive slowing without nausea/vomiting during B12 deficiency – has anyone experienced similar recovery?”](https://community.patient.info/t/severe-digestive-slowing-without-nausea-vomiting-during-b12-deficiency-has-anyone-experienced-similar-recovery/1015807)
**Author:** [@Mumma44](https://community.patient.info/u/Mumma44)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 September 2026 16:24 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/severe-digestive-slowing-without-nausea-vomiting-during-b12-deficiency-has-anyone-experienced-similar-recovery/1015807 "2026-09-14T16:24:06Z")
Hi all, I’m hoping to find anyone who has experienced anything similar to me, particularly severe digestive slowing/dysmotility without the typical nausea or vomiting associated with gastroparesis. My problems started a… --- ## [Living with LPR (or not so Silent Reflux)](https://community.patient.info/t/living-with-lpr-or-not-so-silent-reflux/662195)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1183837](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1183837)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [14 September 2026 01:44 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/living-with-lpr-or-not-so-silent-reflux/662195 "2026-09-14T01:44:06Z")
Dear all I have read with great interest many posts over the past couple of months with regards to LPR / Silent Reflux and I hope you don't mind me sharing my story. Even if nobody responds or reads this post at the ver… --- ## [Chronic bloating and irregular bowel movements](https://community.patient.info/t/chronic-bloating-and-irregular-bowel-movements/1015300)
**Author:** [@darfi3214](https://community.patient.info/u/darfi3214)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [11 September 2026 17:51 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/chronic-bloating-and-irregular-bowel-movements/1015300 "2026-09-11T17:51:10Z")
Hi everyone, I’m 28 man, I’ve been struggling with frustrating digestive issues for about 3–4 years now. My main symptom is constant bloating—in the morning it’s only slight, but as the day goes on, it gets progressivel… --- ## [Does anyone else get these night-time rectal spasms? Turns out it has a name](https://community.patient.info/t/does-anyone-else-get-these-night-time-rectal-spasms-turns-out-it-has-a-name/1015254)
**Author:** [@Imran\_Khan](https://community.patient.info/u/Imran_Khan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 September 2026 09:59 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/does-anyone-else-get-these-night-time-rectal-spasms-turns-out-it-has-a-name/1015254 "2026-09-09T09:59:07Z")
I wanted to write this for the version of me from a few years ago, who was lying awake terrified and searching the internet at 3am. If you get a sudden, savage cramping pain deep inside — one that tears you out of sleep… --- ## [Thick Saliva with difficulty clearing](https://community.patient.info/t/thick-saliva-with-difficulty-clearing/1014395)
**Author:** [@Being\_Catholic\_Media](https://community.patient.info/u/Being_Catholic_Media)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [3 September 2026 00:27 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/thick-saliva-with-difficulty-clearing/1014395 "2026-09-03T00:27:56Z")
Hi there I have been diagnosed with oesphageal dysmotility…my symptoms are sticky saliva and constant swallowing. It can cause a lot of discomfort especially at night when trying to sleep as needing to swallow. Anyon… --- ## [Sphincterotomy](https://community.patient.info/t/sphincterotomy/1013810)
**Author:** [@Amber\_Sanborn](https://community.patient.info/u/Amber_Sanborn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [31 August 2026 16:52 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/sphincterotomy/1013810 "2026-08-31T16:52:41Z")
Will i be able to use only toilet paper like before surgery if its lateral internal sphincterotomy?? --- ## [Colonoscopy](https://community.patient.info/t/colonoscopy/1012151)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1021491](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1021491)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 August 2026 18:04 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/colonoscopy/1012151 "2026-08-23T18:04:26Z")
in Jan 2026 I started noticing my bowel movements have changed. I started getting diarrhea and cramping stomach .I was being sick as well so thought I had picked up a stomach bug.These episodes kept happening and my GP a… --- ## [Has Anyone Had Diarrhea Last This Long? Wondering If It’s More Than Just a Stomach Bug](https://community.patient.info/t/has-anyone-had-diarrhea-last-this-long-wondering-if-it-s-more-than-just-a-stomach-bug/911732)
**Author:** [@Jamesoh00](https://community.patient.info/u/Jamesoh00)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [19 August 2026 19:27 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/has-anyone-had-diarrhea-last-this-long-wondering-if-it-s-more-than-just-a-stomach-bug/911732 "2026-08-19T19:27:00Z")
Hi everyone, looking for some advice! I’m a 25 year old male, 6ft, and have history of anxiety and depression no other illness. So, here’s the situation: I’ve been dealing with some pretty uncomfortable stomach issues s… --- ## [Chronic nausea](https://community.patient.info/t/chronic-nausea/1004748)
**Author:** [@Magdalena\_Schweiger](https://community.patient.info/u/Magdalena_Schweiger)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [10 August 2026 11:01 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/chronic-nausea/1004748 "2026-08-10T11:01:05Z")
Im struggling with nausea since February. I did endoscopy, barium swallow, head mri, ct scan. Everything normal. Gastric emptying scan showed SLOW emptying But Not pathological. Emptying after 2 and 4 hours was normal. … --- ## [I require another hernia repair but am terrified after the last one](https://community.patient.info/t/i-require-another-hernia-repair-but-am-terrified-after-the-last-one/1003356)
**Author:** [@SPL](https://community.patient.info/u/SPL)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 August 2026 12:38 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/i-require-another-hernia-repair-but-am-terrified-after-the-last-one/1003356 "2026-08-08T12:38:53Z")
I had a hernia diagnosed in 2017, but never acted on it due to fear of how much the consultant at that time went on about the risk of chronic pain. I agreed to have it operated three years later in 2020 with a different… --- ## [My POEM experience](https://community.patient.info/t/my-poem-experience/802379)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1469181](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1469181)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [5 August 2026 13:12 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/my-poem-experience/802379 "2026-08-05T13:12:50Z")
I had my POEM operation 2.5 weeks and thought I would share the experience, as a number of people are asking on these forums. Also a lot of the experiences from people on these forums seemed to have been quite negative, … --- ## [POEM procedure](https://community.patient.info/t/poem-procedure/584172)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1024675](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1024675)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [5 August 2026 13:06 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/poem-procedure/584172 "2026-08-05T13:06:27Z")
Has anyone gotten a POEM done? My doctor suggested for me to get it done now that my my throat has been starting to close up again after my ballon dilation. I'm due for another dialation in the meantime as I wait to see … --- ## [Esophageal spasms wont go away!!!!!!!!!](https://community.patient.info/t/esophageal-spasms-wont-go-away/489099)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_911752](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_911752)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [27 July 2026 14:00 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/esophageal-spasms-wont-go-away/489099 "2026-07-27T14:00:00Z")
I'm glad I found this site as well you all my name is Chiffon I'll be 34 on the 29th. Anyway I was diagnosed officially after a year of terrible nausea and pain in August 2012 with Gastritis and Esophagitis. Up until th… --- ## [LPR AND DIET](https://community.patient.info/t/lpr-and-diet/989460)
**Author:** [@PKB8555](https://community.patient.info/u/PKB8555)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 July 2026 14:13 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/lpr-and-diet/989460 "2026-07-24T14:13:51Z")
I have been diagnosed with LPR and are really struggling o find nice meals to cook. The cookbooks are all similar as the diet is so restrictive anyway. Can anyone advise on some more sophisticated recipes or cookbooks … --- ## [I have cured my lifelong issue with hemorrhoids](https://community.patient.info/t/i-have-cured-my-lifelong-issue-with-hemorrhoids/358114)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_592059](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_592059)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [23 July 2026 07:46 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/i-have-cured-my-lifelong-issue-with-hemorrhoids/358114 "2026-07-23T07:46:27Z")
Suffered since ten and now fifty seven, late Father senior consultant. Mother had the operation and was worse than before after it. I just had pain until I was about thirty and then the bleeding started, it got very bad … --- ## [So worried about left side pain and abdominal pain. Had all the tests. Dr suspects SIBO](https://community.patient.info/t/so-worried-about-left-side-pain-and-abdominal-pain-had-all-the-tests-d/770012)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1395387](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1395387)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [8 July 2026 15:26 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/so-worried-about-left-side-pain-and-abdominal-pain-had-all-the-tests-d/770012 "2026-07-08T15:26:59Z")
Hi everyone, I am new to this but I am needing some advice and guidance and reassurance if I can get it, as I cant seem to get it from any DRs. I am extremely, extremely worried about my symptoms and my health. I am co… --- ## [How long did your GP make you wait for gallbladder surgery?](https://community.patient.info/t/how-long-did-your-gp-make-you-wait-for-gallbladder-surgery/968264)
**Author:** [@user43](https://community.patient.info/u/user43)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [2 July 2026 17:40 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/how-long-did-your-gp-make-you-wait-for-gallbladder-surgery/968264 "2026-07-02T17:40:51Z")
I have been struggling with sharp pains under my ribs for months now, and my GP has finally confirmed it is gallstones. I am currently stuck on a long waiting list for surgery and the attacks are becoming more frequent, … --- ## [Rafaelo treatment](https://community.patient.info/t/rafaelo-treatment/951017)
**Author:** [@Nh304831](https://community.patient.info/u/Nh304831)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [1 July 2026 00:28 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/rafaelo-treatment/951017 "2026-07-01T00:28:51Z")
Hi . After others experience of Rafaelo treatment . Had it done 12 days ago under GA and still getting discomfort and pain that lasts most of the day after passing BM . Thought I would be feeling back to normal as per t… --- ## [Mucus stuck in throat, post nasal drip...anxiety or LPR?](https://community.patient.info/t/mucus-stuck-in-throat-post-nasal-drip-anxiety-or-lpr/664876)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1187253](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1187253)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [28 June 2026 13:10 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/mucus-stuck-in-throat-post-nasal-drip-anxiety-or-lpr/664876 "2026-06-28T13:10:57Z")
Hi, I’m a 27 female, it’s been weeks since I started having these symptoms, which really freaked me out. I even shaked/trembled when I first felt it. I started to feel mucus/phlegm stuck in between my back nose and bac… --- ## [Open Inguinal Hernia Repair with mesh. Hard swelling under incision.](https://community.patient.info/t/open-inguinal-hernia-repair-with-mesh-hard-swelling-under-incision/603705)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_997844](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_997844)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [27 June 2026 14:16 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/open-inguinal-hernia-repair-with-mesh-hard-swelling-under-incision/603705 "2026-06-27T14:16:48Z")
I had open Inguinal Hernia surgery with mesh done last Thursday. Most of the bruising and swelling has went away besides where the incision was made. It is a hard lump right underneath the incision that sticks out pretty… [Next page](https://community.patient.info/c/digestive-health/16.md?page=1)