HELP

What are your symptoms?

Do you have Diarrhea (D), Constipation (C), or do you have some of both alternating (A)?
Do you have acid reflux?
Do you have a lot of gas? Do you belch it or fart it out or is it trapped?
Do you bloat?

Are you ever nauseated or vomiting?
Do you hurt in any particular place? What sort of pain is it? Aching or stabbing? Constant, in waves, or does it build up slowly and then go back down slowly or go away suddenly--like when you have a bowel movement?

Is there a time when your symptoms are worse--morning, lunch or evening?  Have you noticed a connection with stress, like it's worse at work or when traveling? 

Are you stools oddly colored or shaped sometimes? 

i have c and d. the pain is awful. its like a burning type pain its werid. ive been under a lot of stress latley, dont think thats been helping. i feel drained all the time and also pretty depressed its gettin me pretty down. im goin on hoilday in 2 weeks and dont want to feel like this on my hoilday. taking my little boy 1st hoilday abroad. all help is helpful? ive tried relaxation and that ease it while im doin it? any advice on what certain food to eat? i also discharged sumthing awful like a clot of black blood, type thing not sure wot it was, feel a bit funny saying it but scared as i dont know wot it is? my doctor doesnt help me she just tells me to eat loads of weetabix, wot a daft doctor lol

Anything that looks like black blood is not good. If it repeats, you might try scooping it out of the toilet and taking it to your doctor to see if it's indeed blood. Black blood is usually from higher up in the GI tract and is often caused by bleeding ulcers, which need medicine to heal (but it could be a sign of something more serious). If you can't get it out of the toilet, you might try taking a picture of it, and showing it to your doctor. If you take Pepto Bismol, that can cause black stools. There may be a few other medicines or vitamins or herbs that may make a black stool, but generally black stools are from bleeding and should be treated seriously.

Where is your burning pain located?

thank u all for youre replies. i am indeed gona go to the doctors and see wot the cause is, and im pretty scared. my pain is in the middle of belly most of the time but i do often get mad shooting pain at the sides.

wots the best food really to ave?

 

That is exactly what my Dr gave me. whenever I get a flareup I go back to chicken, potatoes(baked, mashed, boiled) and cooked veggies. NO fresh fruit or uncooked veggies. Fish is Ok it not fried. Rice is OK but sometimes I have a problem with it. Noodles work well with just butter and parmesan cheese.

thank you all for youre advice on what to eat. im starting a fresh diet now gutted that i ave to stop eating fatty food, i love my fry ups lol

I have found that I can tolerate deep-fried food if it's fried in peanut oil. The partially-hydrogenated vegetable oil they use at most places, which is full of trans fats, gets me just about every time (if I'm fine when I eat it and eat safe foods for a couple of days afterwards, I can make it; otherwise it will bother me). However, Chick-Fil-A here uses peanut oil, and nothing I've ever eaten there has bothered me. Also, I can do pretty well with my grandmother's fried chicken, and she just uses regular canola oil. In short, good fats are generally okay and bad fats are really bad.

That's the thing about digestive disorders, everyone reacts so differently to foods...but the greasy, fried, spicy stuff seems to do even "normal" people no justice, so it's a pretty safe bet that they're not safe IBS foods!