IBS + inflamed colon?
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Hey, so here's the story. I've had these persistent gurgling sounds (not overwhelmingly loud but still tangible) in my intestines for about a year now. Nothing too dramatic (i.e. no pains, cramping or diarrhoea), just the sounds and mild constipation which has been with me for the past few years anyway. A couple of times I passed a bit of mucus after drinking the night before, but the main thing is the sounds. Generally speaking I feel them all over my colon but most intensely in the lower right and left quadrants, they are particularly prominent after I have just eaten and whenever I'm lying on my back. At some point last summer it really got on my nerves so I went to the doctors and had all sorts of tests done. Both blood and stool tests came back normal. Eventually my gastroenterologist ordered a colonoscopy. Then there's that. The lining of the entire colon was basically inflamed and swollen and so was the part of the small intestine they could get a look at. Now where I am from (Russia) they would tell you the severity of the inflammation by assigning a number to it or so I figured at least. So severity of my inflammation corresponds to 1 which is the lowest degree possible. 4 or 5 biopsy samples were taken and examined. The inflammation turned out to be about the same in every part of my colon. The diagnosis I got at the end of my entire colonoscopy adventure was "chronic colitis with no signs of IBD". Neither I nor my doc was satisfied with the diagnosis and got me to do more tests. Calprotectine, latent blood in the stool, C-reactive protein and tests for coeliac disease among others. All came back perfectly normal. At the end of the day, not a single one of those 4 or 5 doctors that I've visited has been able to pinpoint where exactly the problem lies and dismissed it as a form of IBS. Hence my question: has anybody in here who's suffering with IBS experienced anything similar and had their colon slightly inflamed at the same time? Thanks in advance! Andrej
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christie32531 andrei14325
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Hi Andrei, yes I have had inflammation. I was diagnosed with ibs d but early this yr had constipation. I have never had constipation before and after not being able to go went to E.R and was given laxatives and sent home.
I then started to have pain inside, especially after a bowel movement and had another internal check up and the dr said there was alot of inflammation.
I also have the gurgling sounds in my stomach and lower abdomen . I am going for a colonoscopy in a few weeks.
I also get cramps but that could be ibs or the cobstipation. I don't really know exactly . I have tried everything but it just isn't going away.