Stomach noises and uncomfortable feelings all of the time (scared, comments appreciated)

Hey guys

Having a lot of problems in the past year with my stomach, it currently always feels uncomfortable despite eating or not and makes noises that i can sort of feel, bowel habits have changed but i'm convinced thats because i'm worried bout it. Going to the toilet is never comfortable anymore, whereas i never noticed any problems when i was younger, not full on diarrhoea just different..... I'ts constantly there and it's very scary, i've tried not eating and eating lots and there is no change....Having sevre cramps at the beginning of the year i visited the doctor and he did blood tests wiht no concerning results, however i have now realised that crohns, ulcerative colitis and other ibd's generally don't show in blood tests....I've sort of convinced myslef that the major cramping pains i had at the beginning of the year was a flare up of someting bad and then it died down and now i can feel somekind of damage or something there..... Very scared about this and i hope so much that it is just IBS....visitng doctor as soon as i can now. Fingers crossed.

Any comments to shed light on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Post Edited (Scared1) : 10/16/2011 8:39:05 PM (GMT-6)

Posted to you on Irritable bowel.

Easier said than done, but try not to be scared. It probably isn't IBD, but if it is, you will have caught it in the early stages with lots of time to get it under control. IBD doesn't always start off that mildly; quite often its first manifestation will be a severe flare-up, possibly requiring hospitalisation or surgery. But that is unlikely to happen to you. Another thing about IBD is if it starts that mildly, it tends to stay mild - maybe not forever, but for a long time.

In the meantime, you should get a referral to a gastroenterologist as Nanners suggested. Colonoscopy and at least one small bowel test are the mininum you should expect in confirming/ruling out an IBD diagnosis. Blood tests alone can never diagnose IBD, but sometimes they can help to confirm it. You'll also be tested for infectious causes of diarrhoea.

Good luck :p

I have Crohns and Ibs and when I was first diagnosed in 2001 my stomach would do this. after taking meds that part got better I was on sufulsalazine at the time. Nit to scare you but I did eventually have to have surgery in 2008 and I have had no Crohns symptoms since and I am in still in remission good luck to you and I hope you find out what's wrong soon