Stomach and Anus Rumbles

That would make a good name for a punk band: Rumbling Anus

In all seriousness, I'm not sure what you mean by that. Stomachs rumble. Anuses? Hmmm...unless you are referring to flatulence.

No not flatulence, just feels like rumbling and gurgling. Well sometimes ii can pass gas but most of the time its just movement. When its in the stomach area it feels like hunger rumbles. When its in tbe anus its just vibrations.

When i’m in a flare, I can literally hear the liquid going through my stomach, which gurlgles/rumbles, which then of course leads to diarrhea. Are you in a flare right now?

I’m newly diagnosed like you. I was diagnosed in July with severe UC through a colonoscopy and biopsies. I went on remicade, which is a higher level medicine known as a biologic, and for a month i felt great, so i think that can be seen as a sort of remission although it was short lived. I’m flaring now though again, and I had a stool test done which came back positive for C diff, which can mimic UC flare symptoms. I’m hoping that after my course of antibiotics, i’ll be back to my self as I was a month ago. How were you diagnosed? What medicine are you on? If you’re still flaring, then the medicine is likely not doing as much as it should be doing, and you should probably talk to your doctor about a new treatment plan. Also, what are your symptoms?

Aidanw20 is there any way i can email you. Would like to tell you my full story.

I get that when I am starting to flare and as I experience healing. It is annoying, I feel like I have a “buzzy” butt. I find that rectal meds clear it up really quickly.

Yes, we can have very noisy digestive systems with an UC. It is predominantly gas within the intestines. It can gurgle, grumble, pop, and make all sorts of weird noises. I joke that mine sounds like an amazon rain forest, complete with monkeys (if you listen close enough). Normal for us.

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Not for me!

So the enemas didnt clear up your flare? Are you on oral medications too? How long were you doimh the enemas before you saw improvement?

Hi there, initially my GI thought I had mild ulcerative proctitis, as the only visible inflammation was in the rectum. Within 2 weeks of enemas, that felt like it was almost cleared up. Normal BMs, 1 a day, no urgency, no mucus.

When the histology reports came back though, it revealed mild pancolitis. So I was then put on oral meds as well. This felt like it actually made the flare worse, and I haven't had a bettering of symptoms since this time. Initially I was on 2.4g of mezavant daily, which I reacted badly too (a return of all symptoms, only much worse). After 3 weeks, we changed meds to asacol, also at 2.4g daily, and kept up with the nightly retention enemas.

I'm waiting on cal tests to come back this week, as I actually feel like my symptoms have changed since diagnosis 3 months ago. While some have disappeared almost (mucus, urgency, rumbly tummy etc), others have started (lots of cramping, pain, night sweats). So I assume the meds haven't done their job, to be honest.

From what I've heard though, its a juggling act to find what works best. After 3 months of feeling depleted I'm getting pretty sick of myself though. Best of luck with your situation- none of this is easy.

Is it some sort of muscle spasm? Does it hurt? Have anti-spasmatic medications like Bentyl (Dicyclomine) been discussed?

An update on my stomach rumbling situation. I started taking probitiocs about a week ago and it significantly helped. Rumbling/ gurgling is no where near what it was and gas/ bloating has gone way down. So thats a positive side effect i wasnt expecting. I had been suffering with severe gas for the past month or so.