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Is anyone finding the anxiety around the coronavirus is making their IBS extremely bad? I have been suffering with loose bowels since Sunday and im having a lot of stomach pain. Please tell me im not the only one
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janet1956 pauline20996
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Hi Pauline I know exactly how you feel it's very distressing.
I usually suffer with IBS c but a few days this week I've had loose bowels and I know it's the anxiety I have that is worse during the coronavirus. x
claire71812 pauline20996
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hello
yes, anxiety making things worse. Also struggling to source the foods in my very restricted diet. Worried about how I react to having to eat differently at a time when my stress levels are sky high.
sam18386 pauline20996
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oh dear poor you your bowels are probably stressed! bland food, liquid and imodium or whatever you take after lose stools!
audrey32349 pauline20996
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My bloating has gotten so bad I am crying. I have been so sick since this started.
sam18386 audrey32349
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if you've got worse ring 111.
leeniepie pauline20996
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I had an IBS flare last week due to work and personal stress a week or so ago (I usually have a delayed IBS reaction to stress for some reason), but it's not settled down properly, and I'm sure it's to do with corona virus stress. not that I'm stressed about the virus at all, but I'm front line his staff, so as you can imagine, Work is chaos atm.
pauline20996 leeniepie
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Thank you for your reply. Its such a strange and worrying time
As a member of front line staff let me say thank you to all your colleagues
leeniepie pauline20996
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aww thank you. it doesn't help that nhs staff are being told to carry on as normal but then given such conflicting advice every day. I'm trying not to stress, but subconscious stress affects IBS too
sam90321 pauline20996
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nope your not the only one, ibs and on top of that chronic acid reflux and i feel like i have cold so it makes me scared, and recently i have not be able to eat cause my tummy hurts or i dont have no appetite to eat or my acid reflux is affecting my eating, plus i just got over a stomach flu and i lost weight so all this stress is taking a toll on me
pauline20996 sam90321
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can totally relate to what you say. I also have reflux. Its horrid isnt it ? Hope things settle down for you soon.
sam18386 pauline20996
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i have ibs and coeliac disease on top of other allergies and i have to go to work through all this scary time, why i ask myself? we have been threatened with lack of pay if we don't turn up. i am disgusted, the WHOLE school is open??? why?
josh207 pauline20996
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you are not alone! The stress and anxiety i've felt from the virus has caused quite the flare up!