Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment

Question by Jamie: Is this colon cancer?
Please read all of it even though it is very long. This is a serious question and I am very worried.

A few weeks ago I had urinary symptoms and was confirmed I had a UTI, I had antibiotics and it was fine. Now I flew out to new york on the 2nd December and was on a shaky boat for half an hour the day after. I am quite tired (lost 5 hours of sleep) and I have Irritable bowel syndrome. Lately I sometimes have been having some urgency too poo when I need to, unlike it is normally but thats happened to me before. After I came off the boat till now I’ve been feeling quite dizzy sometimes, like I’ve just been on the boat/plane but its not really going away, and I feel like that sometimes, worse when I’m on the computer, but like I said i’m also quite tired.

I’m also having some abdominal pain in various places, although it is very mild, and I am randomly having some pains in other places for a few seconds too, mainly in areas with veins. I am going for a cancer scan when they rub the jelly on your stomach on 14th december. If I had colon cancer would it be detected then? Also do they tell you straight away or send a letter in the post about anything?

I am 14 years old, and am generally quite healthy. My stools have been fine. Also is there a good surivival chance if I do have it and it’s treated now?

Could someone please help? Thanks.
Oops I mean i went on the boat on the 4th.

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Answer by brother3
Don’t panic!Base on your symptom and your age all not indicate that you have colon cancer.But no double you have some GI problems at less irritable bowel syndrome.Your whole present history of illness is less then a week.Colon cancer is take months if not years to developed and the symptom are very insidual until late stage.Your doctor order those test;abdominal ct-scan or ultrasound just want to rule out some other illness.The most useful workup to find colon cancer is colonscopy.

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Question by buck: Could i have colon cancer at 25?
I have had bloating constipation, fatigue, and i have had small amounts of blood in my stool. i have tried going to the er but they continue ot tell me its irritable bowel syndrome. This has occured for several months. i had a baby a year ago, and i haven’t felt right since. does anyone know where i can find age related cancer statistics. i know i need a colonscopy probobaly but i was allergic to my epiduaral with labor, and im afraid i will have another severe reaction to the anethesia. i have felt weak lately and im not sure i can stand to be put to sleep with anesthesia. i have seen a couple doctors but they keep telling my husband and family that it is anxiety from after child birth. my duaghter is 15 months old. i did not even start having these symptoms for four of five months after having her.

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Answer by Veronica Alicia
You don’t have an anaesthetic with a barium enema investigation and this may be what will be suggested eventually, but they won’t “put you to sleep”.
Yes, you can have ca bowel at 25 years but it is more likely to be IBS. The blood could come, also, from piles.
You sound very worried – why not go back to your surgery and see the Practice Nurse or Nurse Practitioner; they usually have a more sympathetic ear and will arrange for you to have another appointment with a GP if they feel concerned in any way.

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Question by : my colon doesn’t work!?
Around 3 weeks ago I made some brownies and did eat a lot of them, like 10, just after eating them i felt my stomach weird, I could feel the hard mass by pressing a little my stomach. I couldn’t get to poop for 3 days and I felt the hard mass all the way through my intestines by touch, just some days after that I started feeling bad again and I took milk of magnesia and it worked perfectly I had like a week or two without symptoms. Then again I started with some problems, my stool turned very thin a couple of times and then after that I could just poop very little and narrow pieces of stool, I went to the doctor and told him i thought it could be a fecal impaction, he prescribed me microlax and Pinaverium, it didn’t work. I still have the feeling that I have some stuck mass in my bowels but that’s not for sure, because before having the problem I took senosides for a long time, sometimes exceeding the dose and even the first days with the problem I took another overdose of senosides. But I’m really not sure what could it be and I’m desperate, the worst part is the lower back pain it makes me desperate, I also have had a lot of gas. Could somebody tell me what could it be, I don’t know if it’s Colon Cancer, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fecal Impaction, Hemorroids, Polyp. This is really terrible and I don’t have money right now for another doctor.

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Answer by tew3020
Look carefully at the labels on the foods you eat. You need fiber every day. Recommended 20 to 35 grams a day. That’s the first thing I would do.
Add wide variety of vegetables, not just one kind.

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Question by kingers1988: Colon Cancer. Really worried?
Hi, so i started having cramp/pain in my bladder/lower stomach and i thought it might be irritable bowel syndrome, so i told my dad. He asked me a few questions:

Do you have blood in the stool – I often get blood on the toilet paper – 50% of the time

Do you get mucus ? – i have had it maybe 20 times in my life.

Is it painful when you Defecate – Quite often yes.

So he said i should get it check out at the doctor. We had a longer chat today about the possibility of colon cancer. All my symptoms fit it, i am constantly tired also..

Ive had these symptoms on and off for about 10 years. so i just ignored them as i thought they were pretty normal. My dad says that blood on the toilet paper is not normal and i should have got it checked out much earlier. Hes decided to book an appointment with the doctor tomorrow.

Im so worried. i cant stop shaking. Im frightened about the self examinations – embarassed and ashamed. but moreso about the possibility of cancer. My exams are soon and
im not going to be able to concentrate. I kind of wish i had not said anything to my dad, but now i realise its important that i did.

I just really dont know what to do. Im so anxious and afraid, i cant sleep or do anything. I spent the last 2 hours walking up and down my room.

Ive read up online about the symptoms and they all seem to fit mine, and it said that the cancer can persist up to 10 years before there are any serious symptoms (is that right?). I remember about 10 yrs old i had mucus in my stool, and i can remember blood on the toielt paper ever since i can remember. ( about 1/2 the time i go to the toilet).

Im not sure why im on here, i know that nothing can make me feel better until the doctor says im ok, but i dont know what else to do. its 23.27 now and im not going to be able to sleep, and i cant stop thinking about it.

Im 19, not that active, slightly overweight, but i would not say obese. I eat varied diet, lots of sugary foods, veg, fruit, alcohol. everything :/

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Answer by blondie
You are doing the right thing by getting an exam. These are signs that should be checked out. You should try not to worry and realize that you will be taken care of and treated for anything that may be wrong with you. You are only 19 and have probably caught this in time. Good luck to you and in the future do not wait to see a Doctor when you suspect something is wrong.

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Question by : Medical Advice related to stomach, colon and intestines?
Symptoms: hot flashes, chills, vomiting, diarrhea and severe abdominal pain.

My boyfriend has been experiencing these symptoms for at least 2 years now, at first he was experiencing all of the symptoms but after that it was just narrowed down to severe abdominal pain and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. I think it’s related to stress and for some reason when it does flare up which is every now and then it always happens around the same time which is 4am. My boyfriend usually wakes out of his sleep and has to go to the bathroom and this could either make him feel better or he starts feeling like the severe abdominal pain is coming which is so bad that he curls up in fetal position and can’t move. He’s been to the hospital multiple times and they’ve diagnosed him with so much different things it’s ridiculous but recently they’ve been sticking to IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). Does anyone have an idea of what this could be and has anyone had this problem?

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Answer by man darin
I am not a doctor and i’m only answring bekoz you have a blank.

I know it is quite common and thought to be stress related.

Have u looked it up on wiki ?

or tried putting it in to ASk or a medicare site ??

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