Symptoms

Digestive health
1

Hi,

Weird to be asking i have not been diagnosed with IBS by my gp yet but i suspect i have it.

After eating i get horrendous stomach pains which is only relieved by going to the loo, and it isnt hard stools either it is very loose and sometimes runny (sorry if TMI)

What are the main symptoms of IBS Please?

thanks

2

Stomach pain that moves all over your stomach and is relieved by a bowel movement.  

Different types and intensity of pain 

Pain that comes and goes or is constant

Gas/bloating

Hearburn

changes in bowel habit

Food intolerance

Anxiety

Nausea

There are many others to which vary from person to person.  Ask your doctor.  What tests have already been done?

 

3

Normally ibs is diagnosed by excluding other more serious causes via blood tests d sometimes internal examinations . Pain a common feature even loose stools because colon goes into spasm  See your GP and get some basic testst done

 

4

Hi

None yet i have enough medical problems without adding to them.

I have many of the symptoms listed above, but it is only after i eat certain foods or if i take certain meds also.

thanks for your reply

5

thanks i see my gp enough already as i have so many different health issues going on at the moment, adding another might tip me over the edge.

6

Keep a food diary to identify any foods that may be causing you symptoms.

7

IBS is for me is when I get pain all around my stomach, going to the loo is all over the place. Pain in my stomach which I take paracetmol for and I look at diet as well.

8

thanks