Been told I had IBS, but not so sure?
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Hi, I'm new to this but I don't know if anyone has been having something similar or could help...
I've been having quite a severe pain in my left side for about 8 years now. I'm 21 year old female. I might be wrong but it seemed to have started happening when I began starving myself to lose weight (I don't have an eating disorder, I've never been underweight or anything). It's towards my back area and is a dull/ burning/ stabbing pain that can become very sharp and make me feel sick. I went to the docs about it, they immediately said, having heard me talk for about 3 mins that it was IBS and prescribed me Buscopan which didn't do much. Though I may have IBS, I would have thought the pain wouldn't just be consentrated to one area? And would happen after I ate? This only seems to happen when I don't eat for a few days, then worsens when I eventually eat something. Also sometimes, sounds weird but if I breathe out on an empty stomach it will make a gurgling sound, which if I press on it, will pop.
Another thing when I don't eat is that I get severe leg pains, EXACTLY like growing pains which keep me up all night. The only time when they've eased is once when my boyfriend offered me a heat pack and that worked! Weird. I did research and thought maybe it's potassium deficiency - which is scary! I know I'm deficient in lots of things, have bendy nails that break and curve, and know that my dietry habits have been so detrimental to my health, I used to be so healthy
Thanks for taking the time to read through that! It's long I know!
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craig84609 lallie20097
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lallie20097 craig84609
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I hope you managed to get the crohn's under control
.. all the best!
Marina_Dee lallie20097
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As Craig says you need first to get a grip on a good and regular diet,but sometimes a diet such as yours can cause the periods to become erratic and this could be a cause for your pain.
lallie20097 Marina_Dee
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I'm not overweight and the times I go without food are often a week every month or so, so it's not as bad as it sounds, but maybe it's an accumulation I'm not sure. A year ago though I went quite drastic and lost about 2 stone in a month so may be recovering my nutrition still from that..
Marina_Dee lallie20097
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