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hank66528
hank66528

Hey guys... got a list of symptoms here for you all.  My doctors suspect possible IBS.  My symptoms are extreme gas.  I mean constant.  Burping and farting almost all the time.  The gas pain creeps into my chest making it feel had to breath sometimes.  Stomach pains all over.  They used to be one sided (LEFT) now the pain is all over my stomach at times.  I get occasional heart burn while burping.  My stools are all over the place.  Sometimes I have really bad diarrhea.  Sometimes it seems normal.  Often times I can see undigested food through out it.  Sometimes it mushy and floats and other times it is solid and sinks.  Sometimes I go days without a bowel movement and other times I go about 1 or 2 times a day.  Nothing seems consistent.  Sometimes I have blood on the tp.  Small amounts.  I have had a hemorrhoid in the past.  Sometimes it feels like a fart or stool is right at my poop hole and wont come out.  But mostly its the gas and bloating and pain.  The pain that goes into the chest scares me when it happens.  I recently had a endoscopy a few days ago.  They said they saw some redness and inflammation down near my stomach and where my intestines begin.  They biopsied it and Im waiting to find out the results.  They said they wanna do a colonoscopy next.  They tried me on the low fodmap diet and it didn't seem to help much.  Seems like no matter what I eat it messes me up.  To the point that Im afraid to eat half the time.  I have lost nearly 40 pounds in 2 months.  Unintentional.  Does this sound like IBS??  Oh and I have really bad dry mouth and white coated tongue also....

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  • pippa58442
    pippa58442 hank66528

    Posted

    A white coating on your tongue could be a possible candida infection.
  • margaret22116
    margaret22116 hank66528

    Posted

    It needs investigating. I had similar symptoms and suffer frim gastritis and have had h pylori infection twice. They need to do a stool sample and I think a gastroscopy could also be important.

    The white coating I agree sounds like thrush. Have you ever had a swab of this done?

    Any other symptoms like extreme dryness of mouth? Or eyes? Any joint pain?

    • hank66528
      hank66528 margaret22116

      Posted

      I don't think it is thrush.... Its not patchy and not all over my cheeks and stuff... its just a thin white coating on my toungue that goes away when I brush it.  It always comes back though.  They didn't comment on it when I had the endoscopy done though.... so they must not think its a big deal.

    • susanna76806
      susanna76806 hank66528

      Posted

      My white is all over my tongue it's really white in the morning it fades as the day goes on in think it comes from the acid in my stomach

    • hank66528
      hank66528 susanna76806

      Posted

      yeah mine seems to fade at some points.  I have tried brushing it and it gets most of it off but it always comes back.  Im a smoker too,  but trying to quit, and have heard that that can cause it too.  I don't know.  Its a confusing situation

  • margaret22116
    margaret22116 hank66528

    Posted

    Bad dry mouth you mention in your post. Ask for a test for Sjogren's and have that ruled out. Are you fatigued...dry eyes at all as well as mouth? Hope you get it sorted out soon. Miserable.

    • hank66528
      hank66528 margaret22116

      Posted

      I do get dry eyes from time to time but its also allergy season here too.  I will look up sjogrens and see if I have any symptoms of that.  Thanks
  • susanna76806
    susanna76806 hank66528

    Posted

    Hi Hank. I have all your systems and the white tongue and I have Gastritis. I have this about 7 weeks now wenter to doctors he give me omeprazole and raimdan and anti sickness tablets which has helped a lot. Hope you get better soon.

    • hank66528
      hank66528 susanna76806

      Posted

      Thanks I hope to get it figured out soon also...  they said that the inflammation found could be from gastritis also... I will look in to that
  • nat6288
    nat6288 hank66528

    Posted

    Reading your post makes me think that if could possibly be leaky gut/candida overgrowth. I have a few of the same symptoms and I went to a nutritionist where he treated me for both. This included doing a detox plan and going gluten, dairy, and sugar free for 6 months. I'm slowly starting to reintroduce foods but I have been feeling better with this diet. Hope you feel better soon and figure out what's going on!

    • hank66528
      hank66528 nat6288

      Posted

      thanks so do I …I have not got very many answers yet but am still searching for them
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