After 2 and a half years of pain, crazy bloating and erratic bowel movements I've finally been diagnosed with IBS this week. I've struggled all my life with my tummy but it's been particularly bad following a 12 month period where the doctor repeatedly missed the Helicalbactor Pylori infection I had. I've also got Endometriosis and am finding it quite hard to find a diet/elimination diet I should try first as there is so much information out there. If I'm being honest I'm finding it quite overwhelming but need to do something now because I'm suffering daily and it's affecting my ability to get on with my job. I don't think it helps that I'm a stressed person; when I'm up against it or scared (like when I'm flying) my stomach physically knots and twists it's excruciating. Any help or suggestions would be amazing
Hi alex: I'm sorry you are in physical distress. What newly diagnosed IBS patients usually use as an aid is the low FODMAP which can be found on line. It's a process of eliminating the food that may be causing IBS symptoms. What I am wondering; however, is whether the endometriosis may be causing symptoms of its own that may mimic IBS symptoms such as pain, bloating, and nasty gut bacteria, etc. Are you being treated for endo... ? What other medications are you taking? How long have you had end.... Please excuse all my questioning but as I mentioned the symptoms of IBS can mimic underlying conditions that should be ruled out. Did you have an colonoscopy and was the H Pilori found via endoscopy and now gone? Waiting to hear back from you.
Você já ouviu falar da Dieta Fodmap, que é especificamente projetada para o IBS? Você também pode descobrir que os hormônios pioram seu IBS com a endometriose. Fico surpresa que a h pylori foi ignorada. Isso foi uma das primeiras coisas que fui testada e deu negativo. Fui diagnosticada com IBS.
Você tem principalmente constipação ou diarreia ou uma mistura dos dois? Tente frutas para a constipação e imodium para a diarreia. Você descobriu algum gatilho alimentar?
Hi Frazzled,
Thanks for your message. I bought a low-FODMAP book yesterday so will give that a go for a week and see if I feel a change. I was diagnosed with endo via laporoscopy in 2012 and was put on the pill back to back with only 2 breaks a year. I came off the pill a couple years back so have gone back on recently to try and regulated my hormones.
I ended up in A&E with excruciating stomach pains 18months after the problems starting (Jan 2016) and the docs wrote a letter to my gp asking that I be tested for HP which is how I found out about the infection. I had two attempts at double anti biotics to get rid of it then went private for a colonoscopy and endoscopy to check for sure and rule our bowel diseases hence why they've now settled on IBS as the problem. When I get an episode I can easily jump more than a dress size and be left lying where I am until it goes away, that's what I'm trying to conquer most. The erratic fluctuation between diarrhea and constipation is easy in comparison. With ref to endo treatment, my gynaecologIst has sent me away twice saying my issues are GI
Hi Pippa,
Thanks for your message. Yeah I got a book on FODMAP yesterday so have read it cover to cover already and going to give it a go. It was crazy it was missed, I only found out after ending up in a&e with severe pains and the docs wrote a letter to my GP requesting the test. It had been left so long I had to have double antibiotics twice to shift it.
My bowels shift a lot, I can go to the toilet in the morning with constipation then within 30 minutes be running back with diarrhea. That's where I'm a bit stuck with what to eat because different things are recommended for both. I've got no known triggers but have just read that onion and garlic are bad and I have both a lot. Alcohol is another one that always gives me and tummy hangover!
Tente excluir cebolas, alho e álcool por um tempo para ver se seus sintomas melhoram. Em seguida, reintroduza-os para ver se os sintomas voltam. Você pode descobrir que alguns alimentos que são seguros no FODMAP realmente irritam seu estômago ou os que supostamente são ruins são bons. Às vezes, alimentos que estão ok em uma semana, podem ser ruins na semana seguinte.
Outros gatilhos comuns são laticínios, glúten e batata. Consulte seu médico sobre a possibilidade de ver um nutricionista para ajudá-lo. No momento, estou com uma semana entre os movimentos intestinais depois de ter sido normal por um tempo. De sábado passado a segunda-feira, tive diarreia após o transbordamento intestinal. Acabei no Imodium e agora estou lentamente voltando a comer frutas para recomeçar meu intestino do zero.
No entanto, embora alguns alimentos tenham sido sempre irritantes para mim antes do meu IBS. Eu não tenho gatilhos alimentares para IBS. Estresse e mudança na dieta são as coisas que o desencadeiam. Estou de férias e acho que a mudança na dieta teve um papel na minha perturbação intestinal.
That sounds awful, you must be so uncomfortable. I travel a lot with work so it's interesting you say you were noticed a difference when you're out of your routine on holiday. My doctor gave me mebeverin to take when I'm struggling, I've had omeprazol and lansaprazole before but didn't feel any benefit.
What's your thoughts on supplements? I do seem to feel a bit better when taking aloe Vera tabs and a probiotic. It sounds like I'm going to need to do a lot if monitoring so will ask to see a dietician. Thank you!
Eu só tomaria suplementos se você não estiver obtendo nutrientes da sua comida. Caso contrário, a comida sozinha deve fornecer os nutrientes de que você precisa. Eu ia tomar comprimidos de probióticos quando meu IBS começou, mas meu médico me desanimou. Eu também fui receitado Mebeverina, mas não me deu certo e, por isso, tomo Buscopan junto com Nurofen. Eu também me baseio muito em frutas