IBS-D Flare Up With Hemorrhoid Bleeding
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Hi All
I've been diagnosed with IBS-A for some time now, I've also been diagnosed with internal hemorrhoids following a colonoscopy about a year ago, which was looking for signs of Ulcerative Colitis and/or Crohns Disease, neither of which were found even with biopsies taken. My bowel movements are usually ok, or I mainly experience constipation when IBS flares up. With this I sometimes pass bright red blood after the bowel movement, which I have been told is a result of my hemorrhoids. Every now and again I get IBS-D flare ups that lead to a very urgent feeling of needing to go to the toilet and end up having very loose bowel movements. I have never bled while having one of these IBS-D flare ups, however they leave me feeling extremely sick and generally unwell for a good day or two after experiencing one of them.
This morning I had an IBS-D flare up, which started with intense and extreme gurgling and churning all around my lower abdomen, which then led to a sudden urge to go to the toilet. My bowel movement was a rather explosive event and was very loose, but did not notice any blood on or in the stools or in the toilet bowl. However, when I started to clean up I noticed on the toilet paper that there seemed to be quite a lot of red blood mixed with mucus. After cleaning up there was no sign of any continuing bleeding.
I'm just a bit worried as I've never experienced bleeding with my IBS-D flare up before, and it has been a bad enough flare up to make me feel really quite unwell for most of the day, although I have improved slightly as the day has gone on. I'm pretty sure it is just a internal hemorrhoid burst but I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced internal hemorrhoid bleeding with an IBS-D flare up?
I'd be extremely grateful to hear your thoughts and views on this.
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sam18386 paul75665
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ring 111, coronavirus or not that's nasty, you need to speak to a doctor! good luck you poor sod. does imodium touch sides, if so try it! what have you been stressing about? eat BLAND food if necessary, if you can't try fluids to stop your fluid levels dropping! xx
lauren_150699 paul75665
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I've experienced similar, especially the feeling unwell for quite some time afterwards. I've also always been told that if the blood is bright red then its not usually something to worry about. However, definitely not a health expert here so if you're worried then get it checked out, or even see if you can get a telephone consultation just to talk it through.
clarissa42245 paul75665
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I generally feel unwell after a Ibs attack and it sucks so much
paul75665
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Thank you all for your replies, and sorry to hear some of you go through this, it certainly isn't any fun at all.
I took Sam's advice and called 111, all I was told was to make an appointment with my doctor at the next available opportunity to talk it through.
I know I've felt this unwell before with my IBS attacks in the past, it's just it hasn't happened for quite some time, and you tend to forget how bad the general unwell feeling can be. Right now I have a nauseous sensation, slight random sharp pains anywhere from the bottom of my chest to pelvis, which in turn are accompanied by bowel churning and gurgling (although this has calmed down a bit), I also feel a bit dizzy or what can be best described as the feeling of being on a boat, I just generally don't feel right. However, I should expect this really, it's no different to how I normally react to a flare up, maybe just a bit more intense than it has been previously.
Many thanks again for your time in replying to me, I do appreciate it.
sam18386 paul75665
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hi Paul a few weeks ago i thought i had the start of an ibs flare-up which turned out to be a bug. the pain went everywhere! may be do what i did - i tried 48 hours not eating or drinking anything then slowly adding liquid back in to my diet not anything else. look after yourself, did you speak to a doctor? did you see a doctor? for your peace of mind you just need to know what this is! good luck, you poor thing.