IBS, Sinuses or both??
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hi all,
so for nearly 2 years now, I have not felt brilliant and its really affecting my day to day life as it makes me anxious. I have always suffered with mucus, ears always feel clogged, always put it down to hayfever symptoms but this year has been pretty much all year round. I was given dymista nasal spray amd fexofendine last year for a few months and this helped slightly but when i used it this year it made no difference. at the beginning of the year I was very ill and was so worried about myself, after blood tests and endoscopy i was diagnosed with ibs told to take buscopan, i felt better April may and June mainly due to home working through covid-19 but now symptoms have come back, i can't make out if its ears, sinuses or stomach or of its a correlation of everything?
i have been regularly exercising, lots of cycling but still get symptoms, I get really stuffy nose, clogged ears, my stomach gets cramps and bloats.
i am unable to get doctor's appointment at the moment as won't see me.
this afternoon and has happened before, I get really flushed cheeks and feel like i need to make bowel movement, this also causes me to feel light headed, i try not to panic (not sure why i do panic) and this makes it worse.
does sinus issues cause facial flushing? is it just sinuses or a mix of this and IBS?
mucus always seems to be yellowy and rarely clear, just cant shift it, i bring it up and spit out but never feel clear.
I have bought a Fitbit and my heart rate seems normal.
I'd really like to know exactly what is wrong with me if anything to put my mind at rest.
currently i am taking over the counter antihistamine, and beconase nasal spray, and lepicol pro biotic for stomach.
i have cut caffeine out my diet but occasionally have a weekend Cappuccino, also cut alcohol out also and been careful with foods i eat, nothing seems to make much difference
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Marina_Dee AgentUtah
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You have a lot of symptoms there . Have you ever been treated for a chronic fungal infection in your nose? Have you ever had swabs taken of the yellow mucus?Your IBS and nose symptoms could be related. Have you ever had a sample of your poo analysed? you could try cutting out all dairy products...ie everything with milk in or made from milk.
The flushing may be due to a rush of adrenaline, but this could be a symptom as well.
Have you ever told your doctor all of these symptoms as you have set them out here?
AgentUtah Marina_Dee
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hi, thanks for the reply. I've never been treated for chronic fungal infection or had any swabs of muscus taken. i had a lot of blood tests at beginning of the year all came back fine. i had a poo test and that was all fine too. I don't have any milk (other than an occasional Cappuccino at weekend which is not always every weekend), I eat porridge every morning but make with water. I think I will contact my doctor and see if they can sort me an allergy test, failing that I do have private health care cover through work so maybe a possibility there.
thanks