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Posted 7/26/2013 11:03 PM (GMT 0)

 

Does anyone also have these symptoms…?

I am experiencing burning/itching butt. Sometimes the burning is so bad my skin bleeds.

The feeling of my intestines being swollen. My mid-section becomes very distended and hard

        It hurts to bend over I am no longer able tie my shoes. When my mid-section/intestine swells the most I get a very weird feeling in my eyes. Almost like my actual eye balls are swollen. I also get very tired and have to sleep

Regular bowl movements but are almost always soft. Feces leaks from me almost all the time.

       I go through baby wipes like crazy have to shower many times a day. But never clean.

I have a pain where my Liver/Gallbladder is but blood test say liver is ok and a sonogram say my gallbladder is ok.

Acne and general felling of being unhealthy

Anxiety

Probiotics haven’t made any difference.

Doesn’t seem to be effected by food.

I have been dealing with this for about 4 years now. Getting ready to go to yet another Dr.

Any ideas?

Posted 7/27/2013 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
How old are you? Have you ever had an occult blood test? Have you had any blood tests for inflammatory markers?
Posted 7/27/2013 3:14 AM (GMT 0)
I am 39...Going to a new doctor soon. I what to have all my questions ready.
Posted 7/27/2013 5:24 PM (GMT 0)
I would recommend asking for an abdominal CT scan. It picked up things I didn't even know I had.
Posted 7/27/2014 8:26 PM (GMT 0)
I've been having similar symptoms for the past two months. When I have these attacks it feels like everything in my stomach and abdomen is swollen and tender. Plus I bloat like crazy, especially in the mornings, I wake up and its pushed out. I also get tired or fatigued to the point where I have to lay down. Some days I'm drained the entire day, other days its just hits me at random times. Plus I also suffer from back pains, neck pains, headaches, my limbs ache sometimes too. My bowl movements are terrible. I can not go for several days and then when I do its watery, yellowish (sometimes yellowish green) and for the past couple weeks I've been seeing dark spots in it. I don't think it's blood. Asked the doctor about it but he just brushed it aside. Blood work came out okay. I have an appointment with a GI in two weeks, hopefully to get more tests and find out what it is. This has completely ruined my summer.
Posted 7/28/2014 8:12 PM (GMT 0)
Don't have much to add, but I do agree that a CT scan may show things that other tests did not. I don't know much at all about the blood tests mentioned above, but certainly worth asking about. For sure when you see the new doc (is it a GI doc or primary??), I would go in with a list of questions, but also a list of symptoms, everything you can think of including what the pain feels like, where it's located, how long it lasts, any patterns you notice such as time of day that it happens, or whether things like eating or meds seem to affect it. Also include details of bowel habits, things that make it better or worse, any treatments (whether OTC or Rx or whatever) that you have tried and whether they helped at all. Basically anything you notice, whether you think it's important or not. The more info you can give the doc, the more likely they will be able to get an idea of what's happening.

Good luck to you, I hope you find relief soon!!
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