Burning sensation while taking a B.M: is this normal symptom of ibs?

burning sensation in the rectum area or in the lower or upper gut?

i have had this but not all the time. i seem to remember having this occasionally before ibs/c. hope your symptoms improve.

When I experience burning, it's usually from eating an offensive food.

I would recommend starting a food journal. I kept one faithfully for 2 years to determine what foods I should eat and ones I should avoid.

Any ordinary 1 subject notebook would suffice, I would suggest a spiral one so you can flip back thru and turn the pages easily. Designate 1 page for each day, not front and back. Later you'll be glad you kept notes to the front of the page. Record every single item you eat, whether you had half a candy bar, etc. Also every beverage you had, record how much, for example you may find that 4 glasses of water help, or 8, etc. Finally record other details very important I believe - if you were sick, taken meds, vitamins, were under undue stress, sick with a cold, if you had to skip meals, etc.

I rated each day in the bottom right hand corner of each page - great, good, bad. Come up with words of your own. Later you can easily flip back thru the notebook and find your great or good days. Re-read what you ate and drank that day and then duplicate that selection of foods/beverages.

Eventually you'll begin to see a pattern form as I did. I am still on a low residue diet about 75% of the time, 11 years later. Some people find that high fiber helps them, or Metamucil each evening at bedtime. It honestly is a trial and error process but if you are willing to take the time and pin point what upset your GI tract, you'll have fewer upsets in the future and feel much better.

I wish you well in this endeavor. It can be done!

Mary/Marsky

Iwillbe, does this happen all the time or occasionally?

I have burning in the rectum from acid....if I am experiencing some acid reflux I can have burning

A lot of IBSers have whats called rectal hypersensivity as well. The nerves there are sensitive.