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Posted 11/13/2013 5:42 PM (GMT 0)
Hello,

Lately things have been going wrong for me. I was just recovering from CD, but I think, I might be having symptoms of IBS lately.

I don't have an urgency to go to the toilet. I have been going twice a day, but the stools are not consistent. Sometimes they're well formed and sometimes loose or liquid. I'm suffering from horrible bloating and flatulence. My upper abdomen gets bloated especially in the evening, which puts pressure on the chest. I find it difficult to breath. I have brain fog. I can feel that I have a lot of energy inside, but I can hardly control my body. I don't have fever.

I would like to know the typical symptoms of IBS. Is it possible that I'm suffering from dyspepsia caused by GERD? How can one reduce bloating in the upper abdomen? Thank you in advance.
Posted 11/13/2013 9:17 PM (GMT 0)
By CD you mean Crohn's disease?

You might control bloating by reducing simple sugars (fructose in fruits, lactose in milk, but any sugar in general) and reducing dietary fiber (fruits, vegetables, oat products...) but not to the point you would become constipated.

There are a lot of causes possible (worsening of your original disease, parasites...). If you do not burp excessively, bloating probably occurs in the colon that runs below the ribcage. Burping would speak from bloating in the stomach.
Posted 11/14/2013 12:41 AM (GMT 0)
Bloating and flatulence may be an overabundance of bad bacteria.
I agree with cutting out fruit, sugar, lactose/cheese/milk which feed bacteria who make the gas.
In addition you could also take a good probiotic pill. There are many but mainly get one with many billions of bacteria. Do the math and get the one with the most for the least price.

CD responds well to diet modification (better than UC) have you ever tried Paleo Diet?
Posted 11/14/2013 11:44 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks a lot for your replies guys! I really appreciate it!

@ boron: Yes! I have crohn's disease. In fact I'm a host to a lot of diseases. CD is not disturbing me a lot at the moment. I have to get my GERD under control. I think my GERD is causing excess bloating, slight nausea and dyspepsia. I particularly experience these symptoms when I eat junk food like chocolates, chips etc.

@ imagardener2: I talked to my doctor about the bad bacteria. I asked him to give some pills to emilinate bad bacteria and yeast and to cultivate probiotics. But he has no idea about that. He said no H. Pylori was found during pathology test. He think that's the only bad bacteria in the gut! I'm partly on SCD, but I'll go on complete SCD soon.

What symptoms do you guys have in general? Is it individual like CD?
Posted 11/14/2013 12:58 PM (GMT 0)
I talked to my doctor about the bad bacteria. I asked him to give some pills to emilinate bad bacteria and yeast and to cultivate probiotics.

Antibiotics kill bacteria but the problem is they also kill good bacteria. That's why doctors only Rx them when they can identify which bad bacteria is in you. So your doc is doing you a favor.

What you can do is eliminate the excess sugar through diet modification.
There is a thread over on the UC forum talking about wild oil of oregano ("woo" for short) which is a natural antibiotic. Not to be used without care, just like human-made anti-b's.
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