Changes in IBS condition with age.
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I wonder if someone might be able to help. I have had been diagnosed with IBS and manage my symptoms fairly well with the occassional flare up. I am 60 which is fairly young by todays stardards but
1) Do your IBS symptoms get worse as you get older or stay the same.
2) Does the list of foods you can tolerate get longer as you get older.
3) Have you discoverd a pain killer which works for you on your IBS symptoms.
You can see what I am after can't you? I am looking for an insite into the future. Someone out there will have the answers.
Thank you in anticipation,
robert
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Nadine_00 bobcrachet
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i to have ibs everybody food list would be different because no one person is the same but in saying that I have trouble with pastry food of all kinds but I've been taking buscapan for it there 10mg tablets I take 2 in the morning and 2 at bed time they help with the cramping and help relax your bowel so now I don't get any where near the cramps I was getting because I was at the point where I was vomiting nearly every 2 or 3 days and I was stuck at home so now I'm able to go out and feel free to live a normal life again so I hope this may help and I wish you the best of luck in finding things that work for you also there are buscapn fort tablets 20mg but I'm not sure how many of them you can take but I will recommend the normal buscapan tablets there great ok best of luck
regards Nadine
bobcrachet
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I appreciate your reply but has the list of foods you cannot tolerate increased as you have got older or does it remain the same. I am trying to work out whether my condition will get worse with age.
robert
Nadine_00 bobcrachet
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i think things have stayed the same with the food as I said pastry fruit which I love and won't stop eating some flavoured milks and some alcohols I'm 38 and I've had ibs now for 18 years and things have stayed about the same sorry I hope that help probably not but good luck
Nadine
Coskun bobcrachet
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phil6023 bobcrachet
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I am now 66 and been suffering with IBS since my mid thirties.
My main symptoms are low down discomfort most of the time, worse after eating, loose BM alternating to near constipation, occasional heartburn and bad taste in the mouth at times.
1, In my case the symptoms have certainly got more troublesome in the last 5 years or so.
2, Foods that I could eat before, now seem to cause me more discomfort, like any soup with onion in, cherry tomatoes, tinned tomatoes, yogurts which I seemed to be able to eat before now cause a reaction. I've never been able to eat cheese or citrus fruits as I also suffer with Migraine.
3, I've never discovered a painkiller that works on the gut, the only medicine I have found that helps a little is Psyllium Husk powder which I get on prescription which helps with the symptoms, but certainly no cure.
Best wishes
Phil
bobcrachet
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I really do appreciate your comments, this is exactly what I wanted to know. You can see what I am after can't you. I was diagnosed with IBS by my GP and a consultant that did my colonoscopy. The qestions I asked were simply trying to find out what is likely to happen to me. I am 60 years old, I have been able to improve on my diabetes symptoms just by loosing weight ( 7 stone to be precise ) but this IBS is a bit of a problem. The GP's don't seem to know what causes it and they cannot cure it. You have answered my questions perfectly, thank you both.
Hope you have a great Christmas
robert