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Posted 9/30/2015 1:33 AM (GMT 0)
Hi..this is my first post here. I am a 52 year old male. I have had IBS for many years...it always involved left sided pain and D...For the past 10 weeks or so I have had pain in my right side. It varies from lower right to along my whole right side and also under my right ribs. I also have lots of gurgling in the right side that i can feel and hear. My stools during this time have been loose and not really formed. A lot of times there is very little stool when I go. I had my gallbladder removed 6 years ago so I can't blame this on that. My last colonoscopy was 6 years ago and it was completely clear. I also had a CT then which was also clear.

My question is this...does anyone else suffer these same symptoms with their IBS.?

I have seen my doctor 3 times in the last 10 weeks. He doesn't want to send me for another CT as I've had 4 or 5 in the last 15-20 years. He is afraid of too much exposure to radiation. He feels that since my last scope was clear 6 years ago it hasn't been long enough for a tumour to grow large enough to cause my symptoms. He has prescribed dicetel for intestinal spasms and sent me for blood tests to check my liver and see if I have Celiac disease. Unfortunately I have bad health anxiety so of course I am fearing the worst...colon cancer.
I'm just hoping someone can let me know if they have had similar symptoms with IBS or if anyone knows that these symptoms are normal with IBS. Thanks.
Posted 9/30/2015 4:19 AM (GMT 0)
Yes! I go through the same right side problems. Have you ever looked into ileocecal valve syndrome? Your valve might be open all the time when it should be closed. My valve is gone now so I have diarrhea and a bloated tenderness on the right side all the time. It is very loud and I can feel the food moving into my colon.
Posted 9/30/2015 12:59 PM (GMT 0)
thx bananagirl...with ileocecal syndrome is the pain and gurgling all lower right?....all of my gurgling is upper right close to my ribs
Posted 10/1/2015 3:43 AM (GMT 0)
Yes. The valve is in the lower right quadrant right by your appendix.
Posted 10/1/2015 1:12 PM (GMT 0)
ok ty...i'll talk to my doc about it
Posted 10/1/2015 10:54 PM (GMT 0)
I would see a docs who look for parasite and/or dental issues.
Both can be a cause of ibs
Don't talk your doc into looking find a doc with experience finding and treating both

there is always a cause
Posted 10/1/2015 11:55 PM (GMT 0)
thx magoo...dental?...hadnt heard that before...still think i will ask my doc to send me for a scope when i see him on thee 14th...still concerned this is way more serious than ibs
Posted 10/2/2015 2:57 AM (GMT 0)
Dental infection can cause many health issues-
was my cause and my cure
Worldwide hundreds of docs look in the jaw for chronic problems.
If the scope doesn't give you you cause I would find a doc who treats-dental-parasites. Something is causing your bad health
Posted 11/15/2015 1:54 AM (GMT 0)
I am very sorry you are going through the anxiety.. I have it too and I begin thinking the worst possible outcomes. I don't have the right sided pain but my left sided pain is really bad. I was free of it for over a year but it is back. I have D again too and nausea. I don't feel like eating but am forcing myself because in 2011 I lost 30 pounds and was already thin. I have never heard of there being a dental connection but know that amalgam fillings are very toxic. Someone just wrote to say they thought I may have Lyme disease for the past few years.
Do you have nausea sometimes too?
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