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Hi
I have been suffering with symptoms for almost a year that are worsening .
- pain above belly button
- 3/4 bowel movement a day that are urgent. Not diarrhoea but semi formed like mushy?( sorry!) no blood but sometimes mucus.
- extremely tired. Heavy and tired legs especially. General stiffness including hands. Often hard to get out of bed and perform at work.
Sometime i feel like i get 'flare ups' . Where even more bowel movements and more tiredness.
- endoscopy in jan showed inflammtion of oesophagus due to acid reflux. I queried the cause as i have never had heartburn!
- faecal calprotectin was positive but a low positive. Dr said was too high for ibs but not high enough for it to be ibd. Could i just be sensitive to inflammation?
Have minimal gluten and diary . So far nothing has helped and doctors aren't trying to find the cause. Feel I need a colonoscopy. Any help or
Insight would be appreciated!
Thanks!
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pippa58442 Dewberry
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Some people with IBS can show inflammation. You might have had silent heartburn where you don't feel any acid coming up but the acid is still there and causing inflamnation over time.The telltale sign of this is an itchy, dry cough. I get this along with feeling the heartburn. Acid reflux is also a symptom of IBS. See a different specialist and try a food diary cutting out gluten and dairy completely rather than having minimal amounts. If you are reacting to these food types and you are eating even a smsll amount of them, it may still be enough to cause symptoms.
If you had IBD, the telltale signs include unintended weight loss, and blood in your stool. but you don't have these symptoms. You symptoms sound more like IBS than IBD. Celiac is also another possibility or lactose intolerance. I would push for colonoscopy because that would show up IBD if you had it.
Dewberry pippa58442
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I will push for a colonoscopy and keep taking the lansoprazole.
I plan to do a plant based diet now as heard it is good for inflammtion
pippa58442 Dewberry
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Another solution is to simply cut out fatty, spicy and rich foods and cook from fresh following the Fodmap diet with the help of a dietician. My IBS doesn't cause me any food problems but my heartburn does so I cut out very fatty, spicy and rich food and that helps. However, I do get random hearburn which is unrelated to eating and I find that an OTC antacid works.
Lindozz Dewberry
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Dewberry
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Just find it odd docters have left me to it. I have been treated for neither IBS or IBD
pippa58442 Dewberry
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pippa58442 Lindozz
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I'm glad your daughter got the right diagnosis in the end. Stomach and bowel problems can be so hard to identify.
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