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karen86868
karen86868

I've been suffering for the last 2 months with incomplete bowel movements They are typically very thin.  Sometimes longer but most of the time small.  Occasionally I will have a thicker poo.  Could you go back and forth if there was a tumor obstruction.  Definitely feels like something is blocking my bowel.

Thanks.  I'm 34 and female.,

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  • ray2016
    ray2016 karen86868

    Posted

    Not at all, if there was something blocking it would be constant. wink
  • astrozombie
    astrozombie karen86868

    Posted

    Unless you have been told that was your diagnosis please do not presume. Visit your doc and put your mind at rest.

     

  • philippa61759
    philippa61759 karen86868

    Posted

    This sounds like IBS symptoms. I have incomplete bowel moments that have had a strange shape and been small.  Sometimes they have been looser.  I have stomach pain and occassional nausea and heartburn. Sometimes I feel stools backing up inside my bowel.  I was diagnosed with IBS.

    However, explain your symptoms to your doctor. If he/she is good, you might get a diagnosis straight away based on your symptoms.  Usually, they don't know and in that case they will run tests to exclude similar conditions.  If all these tests are negative, IBS can be diagnosed.

  • paul75665
    paul75665 karen86868

    Posted

    Hi

    As Ray said, if there was a blockage it would be constant, or get worse as tumors will only get bigger. Is there any blood present when you have a bowel movement? If so, mention this to your doctor as it is a red flag symptom and will need further investigation. To put your mind at rest you could ask for a colonoscopy. Its not a bad proceedure with pain relief and sedative, slept through most of mine. My colonoscopy revealed that I had a very long and mobile sigmoid colon, and there were question marks whether I had suffered volvulus (bowel blockage) in my past. I can't be sure but there were times that I thought I was suffering constipation, perhaps I wasn't and it was due to a volvulus. Other than that and a few polyps that were removed, there was nothing wrong with me down there. Since, then I have been diagnosed with IBS and I too sometimes feel that I've had an incomplete bowel movement. My stools also come out flat or irregular shaped regularly, I don't know why this happens with IBS, perhaps its the increased digestion action of the colon that squeezes the stools this shape, mine goes so mad that it feels like I have something living inside my colon.

    My philosophy is, if in doubt, get it checked out. But it does sound like IBS to me. Hope that helps and all the best!

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