Can IBS cause severe stomach bloating

kelly, the symptoms you describe seem to support the IBS and GERD diagnosis. I don't have GERD, but have similar intestinal issues including cramping, bloating and multiple bowel movements. Maybe you should limit your googling to IBS and what you can do to get it under control. Looking up everything that can give you cramps will have you lurching from pillar to post. Read up on how foods can affect you and keep a record on how they affect you personally. Worrying does nothing for you. Maybe try meditation?

Hi Kelly unfortunately ibs causes all your symptom's, ive had this for 12 yrs myself and lists tonnes of weight and suffered all sorts, you deff tho want to keep a diary see if can pin point anything and if haven't already get your gp to run tests to rule things, ive had them all done 3 times over aswell, I'm currently seeing a dietician doing the fodmap diet which has been created for us ibs sufferers that might be worth doing aswell, hope you get somewhere

Hi Kelly, I agree with Lucy. See if you can see a dietician, speak to your doctor, you may get an appointment on the NHS, if not then seek out a good one. Take along your food diary, an expert may see something you are missing.

I suffer with this but have it more or less under control and I have Diverticulitus too.

A friend of mine sees a hpnotherapist for her IBS as it was so bad. I have never resorted to it, but she swears by it.

Good luck and I hope you get some relief very soon.

Hi Kelly, 

Have you tried any alternative methods? 

 

hi kelly, 

yes ive had flare ups for days on end, but the tests ive had are colonoscopies, endoscopies, barium x rays, scans, transit studies, gastric emptying and a proctoram aswell as being tested for coeliac.

yes deff hun get a proper dietician go back to your gp nag him like mad and poss try this fodmap it seems to work for others

Yes, indeed I do have suggestions, and typed them up earlier but I can not see the post . .  

Often the Doctors go down the 'illimination' process.

Although not against Doctors at all sometimes, just sometimes they miss the basics . .  and usually this is specific food intolernaces. 

If you type in Nature's Physician Global Health Mission then go to the Food/Health Page, I think you will be able to connect with some of hte links there. 

Happy to expand . .  

I see also one can send a private message on this Site, happy to expand there if you wish. 

There is nothing worse than suffering in the way you have been suffering Kelly and with no results to settle your mind it can be even more frustrating. 

But don't despair, there is always an answer to most health issues. 

 

Hi kelly. I often feel sick & bloated with my ibs-d through the first 2 thirds of the day mainly. i just kind of accept it now. the only food i can tolerate for brekkie lunch most of the time due to no appetite & mild to moderate sick feeling is half a pint of 1%fat milk or a pot of muller rice original! but they are foods! i eat a normal balanced meal in the evening. milk seems to soothe my tummy, but some people cant get on with dairy. i have been taking symprove probiotic(google it) which also helps a bit with the bloating & made things a bit more stable. i also suffer from colitis(under control with meds), fructose malabsorption(have to avoid fruit & most veg & high fructose foods) , & bile acid malabsorption(bam). bam is often overlookd in people with ibs-d, colitis etc. it causes diarrea, stomach pain,bloating,rectal soreness, stomach noise beyond normal! you should maybe ask to be tested for this with a sehcat scan at your hosp through your gastro doc as it is easily treated with meds. the meds i take for this made the most difference to me getting on top of my illnesses & back to a relatively normal life. i still get the odd blips, but kind of expect it with a few conditions to control! but on the whole everything moderately controlled now. persevere with docs, you know when somethings not right with your own body, it just takes a long time to get diagnosis accurated sometimes. hope this helps xx