Feeling like I have something in my rectum... IBS?
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I am 29 yo. For the past month I've felt like I have something in my rectum, like I haven't emptied it completely and I have a piece of something stuck in there.
Sometimes I can even feel a sort of tickling there, it's very annoying and disturbing. I feel it more when I focus on it and this symptom started after I've been paying attention to my BMs because I thought I saw bits of red in it (which were proven to be food). But the feeling of fullness, tightness and foreign body inside persists. Some days it's better, but in the last 4 days it's almost constant.
I don't have diarrhea or constipation, just gas and minor bloating in my colon. I go around 2-3 times a day but the feeling persists even after a BM. And it's more noticeable when I stand up.
I also had this feeling last October after a bout of diarrhea and it lasted a couple of weeks and disappeared. And it started again this January after being stressed over my BMs.
Is this feeling common to IBS? Or maybe hemms? I'm a huge hypochondriac and worry about having a polyp or a cancer there.
My last colonoscopy was 4 1/2 years ago and nothing found.
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archemedes rebeccaj
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Let me say at the outset that Hypochondriasis is the very thing that you do not need at this time, as it can only make you feel worse with worry, and take longer to sort-out.
Clearly you are concerned about the syptoms that you are experiencing, but you must know that the correct procedure is to seek the advice of your GP as soon as possible.
We humans can be slaves to worry, which in itself has no useful purpose.
I am certain that once you have your doctor's diagnosis and start any treatment if any is actually necessary, then you will feel much happier.
So to recap then, firstly stop worrying about something that may well be nothing, and second, make an appointment with your GP as soon as possible.
rebeccaj archemedes
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I wanted to know if at least it SOUNDS like IBS / maybe hemmorhoids and not cancer.
archemedes rebeccaj
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Then again it might be one of the many persistent tummy bugs that are going around at the moment.
I am fairly certain that it is NOT cancer Rebecca.
I know that it easy to say but not easy to do, but I really really would not worry yourself about this.
Just wait until you have the test results from your the doctor.
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Coskun rebeccaj
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tellitlikeitis rebeccaj
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Coskun tellitlikeitis
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sarah87162 rebeccaj
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Try not to worry and I hope it clears up for you. Sarah
rebeccaj sarah87162
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Now that you mention it, I've had a lot of black debris in my stool lately, that looks like small, black pepper-like hard flecks and I'm wondering if it would be small gallstones or gall-sand (does that exist?).
I was worried that it might be dried blood, but they don't dissolve in water or peroxide and they're hard, so that can't be it.
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banessta rebeccaj
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Did you end up finding out what was going on? I'm having the same feeling, so just wondering.
sarah87162 rebeccaj
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Sorry my biology is not great but I think it is actually possible to pass a small gallstone in your stool. In which case it would be in rectum?