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Constipation then Diarrhea??

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anne89756
anne89756

I am new here and will try to keep this post short; would like some advice and/or peoples experiences. I am chronically severely constipated and have had a recent bad flare up for three weeks after an endoscopy. Two days ago I finally had a good BM but then about an hour later started having explosive diarrhea (graphic I know) and had that all through the night along with a lot of lower abdominal cramping and gas. Yesterday I ate a piece of toast and was very nauseous and had bad cramping... almost like period cramps that lasted throughout the night (had another loose BM in the night). I have emetophobia so it was a nightmare. It has been very hard to eat (nausea and phobia) and take my daily medicines. I have GERD and am in the middle of doing many tests and medicine trials to determine other digestive disorders but with no success. Has anything similar happened to anyone else?

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  • ty15547
    ty15547 anne89756

    Posted

    What did the endoscopy show? It's sounds a LOT like IBS.  Have you tried asking for a colonoscopy, also? It doesn't sound like anything serious. I'm thinking IBS because your symptoms are very similar to it. 

  • EdEire
    EdEire anne89756

    Posted

    That diarrhea could be well a reaction to some of the medication you are taking... you will have to go easy and test trial one by one...

    Best of luck

  • lester90053
    lester90053 anne89756

    Posted

    If you have not already had an abdominal cat scan and this happens again go to the E/R and ask for one.
  • lester90053
    lester90053 anne89756

    Posted

    It may solve your problem if nothing else does. Discuss it with your doctor.
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