Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment

Question by chizu69cheese: Why do I still have stomach pains if I am not eating foods with lactose?
I am 19 years old and have been suffering with bulimia for 5 years. Because of my binge/purge cycle and my addiction to laxatives, I developed Acid Reflux disease, GERD, ulcers, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I just recently found out that I am also lactose intolerant. I have been avoiding all lactose/ dairy products, but I am still experiencing the same pains that I would if I ate lactose/ dairy. I know it’s not any of the previous diseases that I mentioned, so what could it be attributed to? Thanks for your help.

Also, as a side note: I am NOT pregnant. My stomach pains do not resemble pregnancy symptoms, and I have been on birth control for 3 years.

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Answer by twilighter
im lactose intolerant too.ive found that if i eat/drink too much at one time then i feel pains. did you eat more than you normally would?

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Question by jr2007: Nervous stomach with a cold?
Hello. I am a person who has suffered from stomach problems for a really long time, now. After a whole mess of tests that my doctor performed, he found nothing and said I have IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). So, the worst part is that I don’t have appetite and I feel like throwing up when I eat, which is occassionaly. According to my doctor, there is nothing for it, except steroids which are out of the question unless if I am dying, so to say. Four days ago, I started feeling like I was coming down with something. It feels like a cold, but I don’t have all the symptoms. For example, I am spitting mucus through my mouth (it’s clear, not yellow or green), I feel like my head is in the sky, I feel rundown/tired all the time, my body aches (especially my lower body), and I have hot/cold flashes. However, no fever or anything like that. Note: I am a guy, so no I am not pregnant. In addition, my stomach is suffering so bad and I keep on getting nightmares and stuff. All I want to do is sleep, but I can’t seem to fall asleep and when I do, I have a bad dream and get scared. And in a way, I am scared somewhat because I just hate that my stomach is messed up again. My parents are forcing me to eat because I wouldn’t if I had the option until I felt better, but I can’t lose any more weight. Any suggestions/advice please? It would greatly help. Thank You!

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Answer by TheSwabbie
First, get a NEW Doctor for a second opinion. Something is totally out of whack for your system dude. I felt like that when I had a bleeding ulcer.. It almost killed me because I was bleeding out. My stool had turned to tarry stuff and I didnt put the pieces together quickly enough. It almost sounds like your electrolytes are messed up bad. Get some Gatorade in you quickly. It wont hurt a bit and all it can do is help. See if you dont feel a little more normal after drinking some of that.. I mean drink some of it.. 10 or more fluid ounces. Having your electrolytes out of whack can totally screw you up.. make you feel like sh1t.. Again.. New Doctor for a 2nd opinion but right now.. get some gatorade.. any flavor will do.

I know you dont feel like eating, but you HAVE to… although, stay away from fried stuff right now. Easy to eat, easy to digest.. Rice, Bananna’s (no citrus),.. Oatmeal is good and will help you get some nutrition. Grits .. good stuff & easy to digest. No onions..

Good luck, hope you feel better.

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Question by : upper right stomach pain ?
hi
i had full blood test 2 months ago everything was OK thanks to god (al hamd le allah) i started to feel pain in my left side of the stomach in the left and in the lower left almost all the left side of my stomach, i went to two different doctors and both of them told me that i have IBS( irritable bowel syndrome ) i told the doctor that i also sometimes feel pain in the other side of my stomach and he told me that it is normal to feel pain in the other side, i pointed to the lower right side and the upper right side of my stomach when i told him.

my question is i am still not sure why i am feeling pain in the upper right side of my stomach ?

could it be the symptoms of IBS ?
for the info for who ever will answer (never had sex, never used drugs, never had a tattoo)

thank you

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Answer by hiding
i think so yes

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Question by : Diarrhea, gas, and stomach pain?
My friend is too embarrassed to ask this himself, but it does make me wonder because I had faced this years ago. He has an ironclad stomach, but sometimes it doesn’t handle “everything”. He had came back home from a long trip and rummaged through the fridge to find a piece of fried fish which that age was unsure. Instead of using common sense and throwing it away, he decides to consume it to make sure of the freshness or possibly poor condition of the meat. Guess what happened shortly after…
Regardless of his stupid decision, I suggested he take pink bismuth/pepto bismol for his upset stomach(that’s what helped me when I had diarrhea). Unfortunately he had done this, as well consume ginger as to help his upset stomach, to which either case didn’t help. I asked him to check with a doc, but he is stubborn and refuses since he doesn’t have insurance.
He described his symptoms simply as:
gassy (stomach rumbles extremely loud, I am also witness to that)
diarrhea
stomach pain(presumably from the gas)

He is dreading Irritable Bowel Syndrome( I highly doubt that, plus its not in his family history supposedly), aside from that, he claimed that his stomach rumbles violently after he eats something, and then gas pains occur, then followed with diarrhea.

What I’m trying to ask is, given the situation, the Diarrhea is triggered from the bad fish(most likely food poisoning?). What can he do, aside from seeing the “dreaded” doctor, to overcome this problem? He said he can use castor oil, but thats for when you are constipated, that would only make matters worse. If the problem is in his stomache, is there any way to flush it from his system?

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Answer by Alfred
try immodium AD its better thsn pepto
2nd could also be lactose intolerant too stay away from dairy products

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Question by : How long does the stomach flu last?
Last sunday, I could not sleep at all and I had horrible stomach pain. I was able to go to sleep, and when I woke up, the pain was gone. However, by the afternoon, the pain came back, but it wasn’t severe and I wasn’t in any severe pain, it was just annoying.

The same trend continued until Wednesday, when I went to the doctor, and I told her I have the following symptoms:

Mild pain in stomach region that hurts on one side, than the pain will move to a different area, and then subside, then repeat the process.

I told her the pain goes away temporarily with Pepto Bismol.

Additionally, I told her the day prior I had body aches.

So, she gave me these pills, (I forget what they are called) which are typically prescribed for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and they help a lot. She said she could tell when I had the stomach flu when I told her the pain moves around.

Tomorrow, it will be a week since the pain started, and I still have this minor pain if I don’t take the pills.

Can the stomach flu last more than one week? And could this be a sign of a more serious problem?

And note: I don’t have a fever, and I haven’t vomited or had diarrhea.

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Answer by Douglas B
That the pain goes away and comes back makes it sound more like tight muscles than anything else to me. Tight muscles can press onto the nerves, as they leave the spine, going to the stomach. That would cause the stomach to release more gastric acid which is going to burn your stomach until it spreads out and gets too weak to be a pain. Taking something for acid will neutralize it as you have done. But each time you make a movement or lay down the pressure can go back to the nerves to cause the pain all over again. Freeing up your back muscles will get rid of the pain for you and here’s how to free it up:
Back:
(do from a sitting position)
Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder, fingers over the back and the palm in the front and firmly pull down on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side.
For best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed.

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