Maybe IBS?

I've never really been able to get a real diagnosis for my digestion issues since I haven't been to a real doctor in a while, I just go to walk in clinics for check ups, and they always want to refer me to a doctor that's not my own, but anyway so here is my story.

I started noticing this in the sixth grade. I was at a friends house and I was in the bathroom for half an hour because my stool was soft and I had the most intense burning sensation I had ever experienced before. There was a lot of it too! it was about four days worth of stool that was excreted during that half an hour. It's been recurring ever since then, happens anywhere at anytime. I figured out that it happens mostly when I eat solid spicy foods. Not liquid spice, like Tobasco sauce or Chili powder, but jalepenos and even pepperonis hurt me sometimes. It also does occur with Corn and Quinua though. The feeling of needing to go to the bathroom usually comes quickly, leaving little time to get to a bathroom. Then a wave of bowel comes, I wait for approximately ten seconds and then another wave starts, until it all is out of my body. It is very inconvenient for me because my family loves spicy foods, and I personally love jalapenos which are the worst on my system. I would like to know exactly what this is and if there is anything I can do to lessen the symptoms! Any help would be much appreciated!

Many people's digestive tracts react negatively to spicy foods, ranging from soft stool to a burning sensation, diarrhea, heartburn, etc. This does not mean you have IBS. If you are not having other symptoms, it sounds more like you have unfortunately developed a food sensitivity to spicy foods. My best advice is that you cut back on the things that you know trigger these attacks. I know it's hard, because you love the food so much, but the alternative is a lot of time spent in the bathroom.

Also, corn is just about the most worthless food product ever--it comes out the way it goes in for everyone, which can cause some intestinal distress after you eat it.

All that said, if you are concerned about this, give your doctor a call. At the very least, they could do a stool analysis to make sure everything is normal.