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leg pain with IBS?

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dana66789
dana66789

Hi guys im just wondering if anyone as leg pain with ibs. All of a sudden im starting to ache at the back of my right leg in my hamstring and calf its also going into the heel and base of my foot sad

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  • kim59492
    kim59492 dana66789

    Posted

    Are you taking either omeprazole or lanzoprezole ??? 

    If so there lies your problem. These two drugs gave me and everyone I know who takes them terrible keg pain

    If not then Im not sure 

    • dana66789
      dana66789 kim59492

      Posted

      No hun im not.. The doctor did say to me that people do experience leg pain with ibs justythought id see if anyone else as.. its horrible
  • amys13
    amys13 dana66789

    Posted

    I am so glad to see you have written this post - can I ask you what your leg pain is like? I was on omoprazole like someone else suggested but had this pain before I was on it and have still got it now I am off of it. Mine is like really uncomfortable pains, not like sciatic nerve pain that runs all the way from top to bottom but kind of intermittently hurts in various areas of my legs, just a really horrible off putting feeling/pain. The only thing I would say is that I never suffered from this pain before I started suffering from what I believe is IBS so I can only imagine it is related. Do you have any swelling?
    • dana66789
      dana66789 amys13

      Posted

      Amy my pain feels exactly like yours its a really annoying pain sad I havent got any swelling tho well not that I have noticed smile
  • gallee
    gallee dana66789

    Posted

    If your ibs is caused by nightshade foods then you can get unexplained pain anywhere. 
  • ted72445
    ted72445 dana66789

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    My daughter has been experiencing pains in her legs since having IBS. Like you, we thought it was a bit strange but apparently not ! She gets pains mostly in her upper legs and only yersterday was having difficulty walking for any long distance. Also, since having IBS, she has had headaches which aspirin, ibuprofin or paracetamol had absolutely no effect whatsoever !
    • aledom
      aledom ted72445

      Posted

      Did your daughter's symptoms go away? I've been having this same issue and cannot figure out what's wrong sad.

    • Margot49
      Margot49 ted72445

      Posted

      See a few people complaining of leg pain.  What medications is she taking?  A couple of years ago, I was having muscle pain in my upper thighs.  Doctor had no idea why.  Got to the point I could barely lift my legs to go up a step.  Nine I'd my meds listed that as a side effect.  I started looking up all my meds on the Internet.  Came across a small article about Nexium possibky causing this.  I was taking Nexium at the time.  I stopped it and within 4 days, the pain I had for weeks, was gone.  Have not taken it since.  I use Zantac now.  You might want to check your meds.

    • gayle626
      gayle626 ted72445

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      I have had IBS for years and many years ago I complained (to more than one doctor) that it made my head hurt and sometimes my legs.  It also gave me a kind of spasms in my legs that I noticed when trying to sleep at night (the doctor said it did not sound like RLS)  A neurologist I went to finally told me something that I have remembered all these years.  He said "You can IBS from the top of your head to the tips of your toes".  As I have gotten older this has gotten more pronounced.  It has taken the form of esophageal spasms for the most part, but I also can feel the tightening in my head and accompanying headaches.  Sometimes I get these feelings just from slight pressure on my stomach such as getting dressed in the morning.  My clothing has always had to be fairly loose.  Anyway, you aren't crazy.  It really can all be related.

    • cyalexander87
      cyalexander87 ted72445

      Posted

      Hi Ted,

      your daughter might have fibromyalgia. It happens often, Fibromyalgia and IBS go hand in hand a lot of the time. a Neurologist can sit down and ask questions regarding your daughter's pain. If she is diagnosed, then the Neuro could possibly prescribe her nerve blockers to ease the pain.

      -Cyrus

  • joseph17739
    joseph17739 dana66789

    Posted

    Just like Amy I get an annoying dull pain in my left thigh/ankle and or foot which coincides with constibation and bloating etc. My Dr thinks I am crazy and went as far as saying 'not to be speaking like that as people might think I'm daft'.
    • karen5373
      karen5373 joseph17739

      Posted

      Hi Joseph, I am 73, a female that has suffered with this for years and years! I have had doctors think I am crazy, I assure you I am not. Only at times seriously miserable. The only help I can offer is probiotics. As the other party mentioned, really good ones. More than one also. Sitting in a tub with hot water helps too. Good luck.
  • lonely98261
    lonely98261 dana66789

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    >Hi iam 26 male,anyone facing hip pain due to IBS. Iam suffering from IBS for more than 7 years i  tried many  medicines but none of them worked . Is there any medicine such as home   remedies which gives me a permanent cure from this stupid situation.My symptom is i have to spend  atleast 4-5 times a day in washroom.Iam an IT person  feeling worried that  i  have to use washroom during office hours and afraid that colliques will make fun of.For few days i have started feeling pain exactly at  my back that is on the back bone after some hours of sleep on night its a severe pain  oh ma god it feels like hell  i cant even stand up or move for a while from the place but in  the morning the pain gets vanished completely no sign.I notice my legs had to begun to swoll lightly.so is these symptoms are anyways to be connected with IBS.anyone facing the same hurdle. Pls reply back
    • mguest86
      mguest86 lonely98261

      Posted

      Hi lonely98261 Im a 29 yr old male, I have suffered from ibs now for many years and over past 9 months started getting uncomfortable pains in my hips and the pains travel down my legs and into groin. Been to doctors and have put me on tablets to relax me and to control it all, I have only been on them 3 days do not noticed any thing as yet,

      I find that every day I have a ache or pain somewhere which I worry about but keep thinking it's only going to be ibs,

      I have brought the fodmop solution book and going to follow the diets in there see if that helps.

      All the best with it all,

    • Christine69188
      Christine69188 lonely98261

      Posted

      Acupuncture can help, but have to find one that really knows about it. I replied before, a good digestive enzyme. I have 2, one with just digestive enzymes, the other with digestive enzymes and probiotic. Gotta find good ones. Also Rescue Remedy (a Bach flower remedy) can sooth the cramping muscles. Someone posted about nightshades never knew about that. If anyone is interested I'll give you names of what I use

    • dan99686
      dan99686 lonely98261

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      Did you ever find anything out about this. I am having the same problems. Been dealing with IBS type symptoms for a few years but recently started getting lower abdominal, hop, leg and groin pain. Enough to send me to the ER twice. CT showed nothing. I won't see a specialist for another 2 weeks and all I can do now is not eat solid food. The best way I can explain the recent pain as if I did 1000 leg lifts the day before and then road a hundred miles on share bike seat. I know it is trigger by food but not any particular one. I could deal with the discomfort before, but the pain is almost too much. I'll post back after I see the specialist.

    • katerin_27861
      katerin_27861 dan99686

      Posted

      Oh boy, you just described my legs pain. I have been suffering from Ibs for the past 7 or 8 years now, but knowing that I had  this condition about 2 years.

      After I realized that I have Ibs I started in being proactive about it, but like you said, I know is triggered by foods, but I realized that not necessarily is the same foods that triggers it. I have been keeping notes in foods that triggers an episode only to find out that I also can get an episode by  eating an Ibs recommended diet. But  at least eating proactively I have s lot less Episodes.

      I also realized that foods that were good before to eat, now their not, and  now are giving  me that uncomfortable lower abdominal, lower back and intestinal pain/cramps, and not to mention the bloating, but then after a month or so per say, I can eat them again.

      I don't understand! Is very difficult to keep track in the right foods to eat, because today could be good maybe tomorrow is not.

      I also started with the legs pain recently and that's how I got across with this website.  I wanted to find out if the legs, and lower back pain were related to the  ibs; which I see that it does.

      Have anyone here know why the leg pain happens? 

      Is it a neurological thing as well? that when our colon gets irritated and inflamed  our intestinal nerves get disturbed and that's where the legs pain and lower back comes from? 

      For now I realized that medical  probiotics is keeping me much longer away from getting an episode and the Bloating is completely gone! I used to be bloated 6 days out of the week.

      I will appreciate if someone here has any recommendations besides taking probiotics (which they do help a lot!) 

      I'm taking Dr Mercola probiotics and that's how I have been getting  it under control. 

      If someone has a new information please share it with me!.. thanks 

    • raelyn81368
      raelyn81368 mguest86

      Posted

      It’s been a few years but I came across your post because I’m experiencing the same thing and it’s driving me crazy. It’s been daily for a month.  Aching legs that feel tired, aching hips, groin and lower back. Do you still get this or did you end up finding treatment? 
    • raelyn81368
      raelyn81368 katerin_27861

      Posted

      It’s been a few years but I came across your post because I’m experiencing the same thing and it’s driving me crazy. It’s been daily for a month.  Aching legs that feel tired, aching hips, groin and lower back. Do you still get this or did you end up finding treatment? 
    • cyalexander87
      cyalexander87 lonely98261

      Posted

      I have similar symptoms but less severity in the pain, I am seeing my neuro this week and discussing the possibility of Fibromyalgia, it accompanies IBS a lot of the time.

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