ibs causes

Jeanette, unfortunately the cause of IBS is not known. But I can say from experience that stress is a predominant factor. Having had to deal with this on and off for better than 60 years I certainly know your situation. The colonoscopy is a good idea if nothing else than to ease your mind. In all liklihood you will be perfectly normal in every way and will be advised further ways to deal with the debilitating effects of IBS. Fortunately it comes and goes and you can be symptom free for years on end before another bout. As to Omeorazole all PPI's have side effects that should be considered. Furthermore look into managing stress and diet.

Wishing you all the best.

I have a feeling there is a correlation between omeprazole, which I have been on for many years, off and on, and IBS.  I have just occastional flare ups of the IBS with constipation.  Nothing in my diet seems to be a trigger, but I think that omeprazole keeps us from having the good kind of bacteria which normal stomach acid helps us to have.  I am determined to get on a good probiotic and some herbals said to help our internal machine work better.  I hope this helps.

Look at the low fodmap diet and try a food diary to see if any food upsets you.  Stop Mebeverine for few days to see if you feel better.  Mebeverine is very bad for IBS.  I had to stop them after a couple of days and then throw them out.  I couldn't even finish the first slide of tablets.  Many cannot tolerate this medication.

Stress makes IBS worse.  When I took Mebeverine, I started stressing about my daily worsening symptoms niot realising that I was intolerant to the medicatiion. Try Buscopan instead.

Hi jeanette, do not take mebeveribne it made me ibs 10 times as bad. I take ranitidine for the acid and kolanticin gel for spasms. My stress levels are normally high so I've got used to it. I take 1 laxido every few days, that's it!

Hi, causes of IBS, from my experience it could be a multitude of things, I have a redundant colon which I think is relevant to my problems, but saying that it might be due to courses of antibiotics in the passed, I all so have rheumatoid arthritis which could be linked, them there's stress, have you tried enteric coated peppermint capsules?, Probiotics?, etc, a low fodmap diet seems to help me.

Hi again, somethings I am eating, sourdough white bread, chia seeds are said to very good for you massive high in fibre I eat them, soak them first in water they go glutinous, I stick to a low fodmap diet more or less, check out sourdough bread and chia seeds online loads of info also probiotics, have you had H pylori test?, and coeliac test?.