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Posted 4/7/2015 7:13 PM (GMT 0)
Hello. I am a 25 year old male
, I been having left side abdominal pain with Stomach Sounds and smelly gas and altered bowel habits / i also have headache and lower back pain
I've colonoscopy
my doctor tell me that i have ibs
but its so Annoying pain my whole life has changed i don't know what to do with my life
Sorry For My Bad English
Posted 4/8/2015 3:40 AM (GMT 0)
IBS is ruled by the foods we eat. You need to figure out what aggravates you and eliminate it from your diet. It helps to keep a food diary. Write down everything you eat or drink over the course of about 2 weeks. And mark down if you notice anything that causes issues. If it causes problems, then eliminate it from your diet.

Do you have a problem with diarrhea or constipation?
Posted 4/8/2015 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
yeah sometimes i have diarrhea
i tried to figure what food is bad for me and it didn't work
the pain mostly come in the morning and after i eat
thank you so much for your help
Posted 4/15/2015 2:26 PM (GMT 0)
Hello bobbk,

A stool test may help diagnose. If this is a new thing that you have started experiencing, suggest you go to GI and have him recommend a PCR (or PCB?) based stool test. Its comprehensive test that looks for parasites, worms and what not. I had similar symptoms with lots of flatulence, diarrhea and abdominal pain around belly button (mornings). Stool test found Giardia and have taken flagyl which worked while I was on meds. unfortunately, the flatulence returned after I stopped Flagyl. Good part is atleast I know what is causing my flatulence and GI disorders like abdominal pain and diarrhea.

The test is relatively inexpensive. dont go for Ova / Parasite test at Quest or similar facilities as they unable to detect with the technology they have at present. There are way too many causes that can have the same symptoms, you will need to start eliminating one by one. Food diary may be one of the things to go with as well as FODMAP diet.

Hope you feel better soon.
Posted 4/15/2015 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
IBS is strongly ruled by stress and diet as my GI and dietitian and therapist all concur so treating both issues is imperitive...if your IBS symptoms are fairly controlled or mild then it may just be diet alone that you have to work on, a dietitian can aid greatly with that just make sure they are well educated in regards to bowel issues (like diseases and syndromes).
Posted 4/20/2015 2:12 PM (GMT 0)
mine was very painful and turned out to me from a virus and was relieved when I had a double duty bowel movement of diaherria. they really don't know much about ibs so that's that. try to get it down to a point where you can "live with it".
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