Upset stomach/bowel for about 2-3 months. Any ideas what it could be?

Hi!

Just came across this site as i was searching some of my symptons and just thought i would post to see if anyone has any info as to what it could be.

about 3 months ago i had a bad bout of diarrhoea that lasted about 7-9 days, was off work and was worried about just going out the house for a little while as it came on so suddenly. I seen my local doctor about that who took a stool sample, which came back fine, and eventually it stopped.

Ever since then my stomach has been terrible, every week is almost near the same. It feels really upset and uncomfortable, i always feel bloated and cant normally finish my food when i normally would, i am extremely gassy but sometimes struggle to pass gas, my stomach will grumble and gurgle for hours and hours and i will just get a massive build up of gas until i errupt! When going the toilet i seem to follow a pattern of going normal, to it then go sloppy/loose, to a diarrhoea to then being constipated, and it seems to be that i just follow that pattern constantly. I also regularly get a sharp stabbing pain in my lower left abdomen but also get pain/discomfort in the whole of my stomach..

My partner and other family members have told me to go see docs for weeks but me being stupid i just keep thinking it will pass until low and behold i get really bad stomach cramps/pains and then i am back to having sloppy/loose / diarrhoea again.

I will be going the docs monday but just thought i would make this post to see if anyone else has had same symptoms or any ideas as to what this could be.

Thanks :)

Hi, thanks for your reply. But no i can't see any blood in my stools.

Bmcbant, welcome to the forum.

Sometimes you can become lactose intolerant after a stomach virus. You might try to eliminate lactose for a few days and see if this helps. It would also be good just to give your stomach a break for a while and stay away from raw veggies and fruit until you feel better. You might also want to limit whole grains - this kind of diet is what is called "low residue," and it's easier to digest than the healthy foods you're probably eating.

But yeah, sounds like it's time to go to the DR.

Went the docs and was prescribed some pills called Buscopan, wants me to try then for a month see if anything changes, also sent me to get some blood tests done which might provide an idea as to what, if anything, is up.

Crazy thing happened though, when i went to pick to the pills i started to feel dizzy and sick so i went to walk outside to throw up, realised i couldn't walk properly so went to walk back to the seats about 10ft away and next thing i wake up face down on the floor with nurses around asking if i was ok. I have never passed out / collapsed before in my life and it was a scary moment for me as like i said i've never experienced this. Nurse said hopefully something will come from the blood tests but said it could of just been that after them taking blood at my blood test, that could of caused me to faint.

Just got to wait for results now.