What could this be?!
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hi all,
For the past 5-6 days I had instant constipation with no pain at all from a takeaway. I've eaten loads of fibre and hardly anything is happening I'd be lucky if its half a stool or it would be a really sloppy stool and that's it and even then it is a struggle for me to poo. I also have a lot of itching around my anus which I think is piles or hemorrhoid. I have had NO blood or pain anywhere in my rectum or bowel. Could this be a really confusing constipation or something else. I am quite worried due to this never happening before and that I can poo but then not get anything else out.
Please help ! I do have IBS!
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pippa58442 nay20794
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You are describing the symptoms of an IBS flare up perfectly. Keep persevering with fibre such as lots of fruit or a laxative to soften stools so you avoid straining and causing haemorrhoids or fissures. You are doing the best you can for your IBS. Do not worry that it is something else or that it is confusing constipation. The constipation you are experiencing is typical of IBS. Symptoms can change over time and you may experience things you have never had before. The key is to stay as calm as possible because worry aggravates symptoms. My IBS is in remission just now because I am trying to avoid stress.
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sam90321 pippa58442
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good advice, i needed to hear this one too
pippa58442 sam90321
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I've had one or two stressful incidents in the past few weeks but luckily, my bowel has stayed happy.
nay20794 pippa58442
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thanks thats a great help is it weird that I don't get any pain with this.
UPDATE I have been to the doctors and I have been given Laxido and I need to take it 4 times a day so I can start having normal bowel movements asap.
pippa58442 nay20794
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It isn't that weird that you don't get pain. Some people get little to no pain with IBS, but lots of bowel habit change. Others get Pain predominant IBS but not much bowel habit change. IBS is like that. Just be happy you are not getting pain. I had bowel habit change with lots of pain. The pain was what frightened me the most because I didn't know what it was, it came on suddenly and my doctors couldn't diagnose me either. One day I was fine and the next day, I woke with with raging abdominal pain. The pain got me running to the doctor when normally I would avoid doctors like the plague because I have a phobia.
clarissa42245 nay20794
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i have very bad irritable bowel syndrome and I have to push it out of me and I have constipation and diarrhea and I hate it so much
nay20794 clarissa42245
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I know the feeling. Just got to stay strong and not let it get the better of you!!
clarissa42245 nay20794
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thanks so much
nay20794 clarissa42245
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no problem can i ask how bad is your constipation what are the symptoms?
clarissa42245 nay20794
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it's very bad i have very bad constipation and very bad diarrhea
sam90321 clarissa42245
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hey may i ask when you get constipation or diarrhea do you ever get aches in your body or even a cold chills feeling?
clarissa42245 sam90321
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yea I do
sam90321 clarissa42245
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ooh i thought it was just me so is there any advice you can give me? i tend to panic alot when i have these feelings i get scared and my anxiety kicks in full affect and my mind would start to wonder off to negative stuff
clarissa42245 sam90321
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i have them same feelings here and I can't handle it
sam90321 clarissa42245
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it scares me so much and its frustrating as well, am trying to not let stress bother i heard reducing stress do help, for months no doctor could tell me why i was having these feelings but the more i research about IBS the more i realize am not alone and am not going crazy,
clarissa42245 sam90321
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no you're not alone or crazy