In pain - Diet help?

Have you seen a doctor? Do you know there's no strictures anywhere or disease? I think I would rule those out before I tried anything. You don't want to go on a high fiber diet if you can get an obstruction, and you don't want to take fiber away if you need it bulk things up. At this stage it's a guessing game, you need to find out why this is happening.

I use plain, natural live culture yoghurt to help with the pain and bloating from excessive gas. It contains naturally occurring probiotics, which help alter the gut flora in a good way. Sometimes after we have had surgeries that remove significant portions of our bowel we crohn's patients can run into difficulties with bacterial overgrowth, which contributes to gas formation, along with diet.

When I started using yoghurt i treated it like a medicine. I ate it because it was good for me. Now I love it. The flavour grows on you. I usually eat mine with some fruit -- bananas etc and sometimes a little honey. When I am having problems, I eat a tablespoon or two before every meal. Otherwise, I just have it in the morning with my breakfast.

Some other things that contribute to excessive gas production are dried beans and legumes.

Can you try to go on a liquid diet for a day or so to see whether this helps with gas and then start adding foods slowly back (along with the yoghurt). Keep a food/symptom diary for a couple of weeks and see whether there is a correlation between foods and symptoms.

You will have to become your own expert in this area as no two individuals react to food the same way.