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Doctor Responses: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr Christian answers your most frequently asked questions about IBS such as: What causes it? Why is it difficult to diagnose? How can you treat it?
With thanks to the Baker Street Medical Centre
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hi i am 28 yrs old and for the last 2 yrs i have suffered from bad belly ache, i go to the toilet approx 20 times a day feeling like i need a poo i have to help it out after about 6 times off going it then changes to mucas and i bleed alot, i have been to the doctors numberous times but just get the answer off IBS. I work in a shop and need to be on my feet all day, when i have a day off and relax i feel fine but once im on my feet for more than 2 hours it starts up again please help.
i have i.b.s and dense adhesions....wen will u b doing a show about scar tissue and the damage it can cause...i would happily b on ur show...lots of factors in my life have led me to were i am 26, single, incapacitated, always need to b near a loo oh and lonely. I had unprotected sex and caught clymadia...i went the doc, got the pills and took them, i assumed this wud get rid of the clamydia, it didn't and resulted in me being in agony for years being told i should just grow up cos this is what being a woman was about, i collapsed, had an abcess removed n was told my organs were fused together by adhesions which had been caused by an untreated infection and that the doc hadn't seen adhesions that bad in years he sed i had the scar tissue u would expect in a 40 yr old.....so why does no one talk about them?? i need sumone to talk about them on tv not just in ladies mags please..use me as an example to young people who don't use condoms....i'm infertile cos of this, i have no man in life and haven't had one for 5 years cos of my i.b.s and the painful sex
please please help me every month after a peroid i get itence pain in my right hand side,i no i have endrametreoses but i dont think its that i also suffer will irretal bowel,the pain is getting to much now and dont no what to do. Ive seen doctors but no real answers your my last hope, also im scared to go in to hospital for anything as i lost my son the doctors got it wrong and i lost my child. please help me.
i have ibs have had for years around 6 years ago i have a twisted bowel this has not help only incearsed the problem. i have been to my doctors so many times i lose count they have given tablets but to no joy also have been advised to not eat carbs & protien together this didn't help either, i have kept a diary of all food eaten seems all food has a reaction some worse than others. im not sure what else i can do to help.
Hi, my name is amy. I suffer from bulimia(trying to recover) which is why i think lately my number 2 has been different. Sometimes i feels like i need to go to the toilet but nothing happens. When i do poo i also have mucus which is a brownish yellow colour(this doesnt happen everytime sometimes im quite 'normal'). I have bad wind, and pains in my lower stomach. I would really appreciate some help and answers so i can understand whats going on with my body. I understand the stress its under due to my eating disorder and i hope this is just related to my irregular and terrible eating but fear it could be something worse.
i have ibs and i tryed exercise i tryed controlled diets and nothing works, as soon as i eat my last mouth full of food i get a pain and have to go it got worse and now if i push i bleed if i wait for the pain i dont bleed what can i do ?
I have been suffering with IBS symptoms for about 8 months now and am seriously fed up with it. Some days are ok (not great) but then it all kicks off again and at worse I spend most of the day on the toilet, I feel nauseous, no appetite and like I'm being kicked in the stomach. I am currently taking Mebeverine, Omeprazole and Loperamide but don't feel as if it helps. My doctor keeps sending me for blood/ stool tests all of which come back negative and I also had an ultrasound and endoscopy. I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place and can't seem to find a way ahead. I hate being in this situation when I have 2 little boys to look after and no other help!
When I have the urge to use my bowels I usually get a lot of stomach pain it feels like I can feel the stool moving down my intestine is this normal, the pain makes me double over sometimes and like a stabbing pain. My stools are normal in colour and shape though sometimes large stools.
Hi My name is Pamela, i suffer with ibs and have it 7yrs.. I'm 25 and the pains i have are unreal.There does be weeks on end that i dont go to the toilet 5 weeks tops!!! I even gave up drink as i thought it related to my problem..Could you please help me as its gettin worse..
Hi I wanted to know how you get the card that allows you to use staff toilets when there isnt a public one available that was on last nights show, as my friend has been diagnosed with severe chrohnes disease and IBD and she has actually stopped going out because she panics so much about not being able to find a toilet and It would be great If she could get some sort of normality back
You can get a card from the NACC , National Association of crohn's and colitis. I f your friend has crohn's disease. they can also help with lots of other things. I have a card, but it's still embarrassing having to ask staff etc. another good thing to tell your friend is to take spare pants, wet wipes and packs of tisues in her handbag in case she has an accident
