Crohn's or IBS? Really confused...

Hi folks,

I now this kind of thread is little bit common here, but I'm really confused and need the opinion of you guys.

I've been suffering from abdominal pain, bloating, cramping, but most of these pain I know its caused by accumulation of gases, since I feel some relief when I fart, and by the way I fart like 60 to 70 times a day and all those symptons worsen when I got stressed, anxious or emotional affected.

In the past year I had only 2 diarrheas, and got well within hours and one of these was probably caused by some infection since my white blood count was high. And the curious thing is that normally my bowel works theoretically well, I have BM once a day, never had constipation in my life, and my stool looks normal, but some times I got like 4 pieces of 1/2 snakes stool.

Never saw blood in my stool, never had unusual fever.

Besides all the pain that I have(sometimes wake up at night with pain), I feel healthy, I work out everyday lifting heavy weights (No I don't take any supplement), normal sex life...

But because of all this disconfort, I'm always think that I have a serious disease, and before researching about Crohns, I thought I had brain tumor, stomach tumor, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Colon cancer, MS, I know this is crazy, but I'm really afraid of diseases, and because of that I get really anxious and stressed.

I have GERD and esophagitis diagnosed last year.

So what are your opinion? Should I be worried? And how are your symptons? Do you only have symptons when you are flaring? What are the frequency of your Diarrhea?

I'm seeing my GI next monday, and I'll ask him for all exams...

Sorry about my English, I'm not a native speaker, I'm from Brazil.

Thanks for your patience.

Rafael

It is good that you are seeing the doctor so you can put your mind at ease, but this does not sound like Crohn's to me. You might want to consider trying probiotics and foods that are less likely to cause gas. Best of luck to you

No. It used to be, before I got diagnosed. But along with the gas i also had bloody diarrhea etc. The gas was coming from the fact that I wasn't properly digesting my food - inflamed gut will do that. But you can have this problem without an inflamed gut.

Get rid of the lactose.

Some people can't digest sugars like fructose, there is a diet called FODMAP that helps many with their IBS. Like kazbern said, lactose can be a killer. Another problem for some are foods containing gluten. Hope you get it sorted out.