Hello :-) long story short here about 5 months ago I developed bowel and urinating issues which seemed to stem from a week on amoxicillin ( I was suffering bronchitis at the time ) , so what started off as a urine infection or so it seemed .. Ending up with swelling on my left side ( ovary maybe ) then swelling to my right which eventually within 2 days or so felt as if I was guna explode .. Hard to describe the feeling .. Like a tight bloated feeling , obviously had all the diarrhea too , mucus , black bits in the poo .. Blood in poo .. Frequent urine infections ... Through a bit of a battle I had a sigmoidoscopy that all came back clear ... so my bowels are fine ... But I do have cysts on my ovaries ( pcos) was ultrasounded and diagnosed in December last year with that ... The pains I get now are by quite as bad as before but it seems to have moved almost lower towards my lady parts and I do still get that weird tight bloated feeling on both sides of my lower abdomen and frequent indegestion ( maybe daily sometimes ) .. Had loads of blood tests they all show inflammation the most recent one is on the border .. I presume that's good news .. Protein count has gone back to normal ... I wondered of anyone has a clue what's going on with me ? I sure as hell don't .. And with around 5 different doctors including the gastrologists I have seen say ibs ... the only thing I don't get is I am never actually free from the pain .. I'm wondering if it will ever go .... or if my ovaries are inflamed maybe ?
Also like to add ( well not like it .. Lol ) that I am startin to get like a dead leg feeling mainly in my left leg sometimes both as if pins and needles really bad mixed with kicked in my legs , my left arm and shoulder gets the same sensation too .. These are all new symptoms .. And my back especially right at the bottom hurts !! , my periods are very irregular , the inside of my parts even hurt now ! I wouldn't say I feel tired or poorly just the pain gets me down and tires me out .... I mentioned could be my cysts as I have an enlarged one on my left ovary the doctor said he wouldn't bother with further scans as my sigmoidoscopy shows normal and biopsy and ultrasound showed pcos ... But the cysts are all normal apparently ...
my mom works in the healthcare profession she thinks I could have endometriosis and a few others have mentioned it too ... I just don't get it if it's ibs why am I waking up with it and going to bed with it and the pain moves and does weird things !! how would it effect my blood tests .. I do not understand .. If any lady has had a similar problem ... Help !!!!! Oh also it hurts to wee most times !
Ive not heard of IBS affecting the extremeties of the limbs before. IBS can cause weird nerve sensations or pain in the back, around bowel level and in chest. Possibly sometimes in the top groin area but not in genitals.
Unless you have damaged your back, the pins and needles are lack of blood flow. Exercise more, move around.
I would work through with your GP to deal with the various seperate issues you seem to have. Diagnose/treat those, then if your tummy symptoms remain then look into that. Most of the tummy issues you relate to IBS.
Get a STI test too.
hey thanks for the advice . I do a lot of moving around my jobs physically demanding im
on my feet for 12 hours a day pretty much , I do a lot of lifting also , I had problems with my lower back before as a result in the lifting I presume . My stomach wasn't too bad yesterday until I moved something heavy then it seemed to swell/ inflame again particulary on the left side with that came pins and needles in my legs and arms ! It's as I'd when it's inflamed that it presses on the nerves to my limbs