Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment

Question by : Could This Be A Sign That I Don’t Drink Enough Water?
I use to drink water a lot but lately not as much but still I drink water daily.

For about seven months I’ve had Irritable Bowel Syndrome(IBS) which is a digestive problem where my stomach tends to make loud noises and contractions after eating. I started having this one problem though and it didn’t seem like it would be a symptom of my IBS. Here is the detail:

It is typically after I drink a small amount of water. I can literally feel the water in my stomach. I can feel it when I move and everything. Sometimes out of no where my stomach will make this noise and this weird vibrating feeling. Think of a water bottle filled with water and when you take the lid off and turn it over. You know how the water comes out and air bubbles float to the top and make a flapping kind of noise? That is not only how it sounds, that is how it feels. My stomach literally feels and sounds like a water bottle being turned upside down. When ever I drink a large amount of water, my stomach will have the feeling but not make the sound.

I really don’t know what to think of this. It doesn’t really seem like a symptom of my IBS. Since it changes when I drink larger amounts of water, I started thinking that maybe it’s a sign of dehydration.

Please help, thanks.
If you’re not going to give me a yes or no answer, do not respond!!
For the record, I can’t drink milk. Milk gives me really bad stomach pains and it’s recommended that people with IBS Don’t drink milk.

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Answer by Patrick
start eating easy to digest food
like milk
and stuff

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Question by : Could this be endometriosis?
My mother has endometriosis, and I’m worried that I could have it too. I’m 14, and I know it usually occurs in older women but i’m still concerned. These are some of the symptoms I have..
- When I wake up in the morning I sometime get really bad pains, almost like period pains but so bad that I don’t want to move or breath because of it. Sometimes I feel like I can’t get out of bed. This happens when I haven’t even got my period at all. It’s definately not hunger pangs.
- I feel tired almost all of the time, but not tired like sleepy but more exhausted and weary.
- It also seems like I have Irritable bowel syndrome, which I think can be associated with endometriosis.
- I have really irregular periods. About 2 years ago I started my periods, didn’t get another until January or February this year. I don’t know if this has anything at all to do with it though. I’m a healthy weight and I don’t do too much exercise either.
- I used to get sharp pains in my back, but near my shoulders not lower back. I haven’t had any recently though so I don’t think it’s anything to do with it.
Do you think there’s a chance that I have it? I’m really nervous, I’ve told my mum but we haven’t talked about seeing a doctor yet.

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Answer by Herbert p
Yes it could be possible I know a couple girls 16 & 18 that had it, you should be checked it can be very dangerous if not diagnosed.

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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 : what’s happening with my stomach? is this really IBS?
First of all, I’m 20 years old. I’ve been very worried ever since me and my boyfriend got a little more intimate (July 28 i think) and of course, since it was my first time doing that kind of thing, I’ve never been involved in sex related acts before: foreplay in this case (we are both virgins). I did research on how dangerous that could be, so that day I tried to be attentive and be care full with the things we did (kissing and oral sex not more than that). The thing that worried me was that he masturbated in front of me, i was sitting on a bed and he was standing in front of me. I noticed he held everything in his hand when he finished and later he went to the bathroom and washed his hands. Then three days after that I started to feel a weird sensation in my lower stomach (like if there was gas), I started to worry a lot because of the thoughts of being pregnant from that, so 15 days later I asked my grandmother to take me to the hospital for the help of a gynecologist. I did blood test, sonography and urine test and the all came out well, the only thing was that my urine as a bit darker because I needed to drink more water. My gynecologist told me it was probably an infection and gave me something for that, but the sensation didn’t go away so I didn’t know what to think, until I got my period on August. Later I went to a gastroenterologist and she told me that I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, she told me to watch out on what I eat and gave me some pills for that but the sensation didn’t go away and I worried again. I hopefully got my period on September and October also but I noticed they were short but heavy, so that can’t be implantation if I were pregnant (since I’ve read it’s brown or pink but my blood was bright red). I still have that sensation (November 2nd) and it’s getting worse since I feel my lower stomach it’s a little hard. I don’t know if I’m getting this symptoms for freaking out about being pregnant or if i’m for real or it’s just IBS… can somebody help me know what’s this?

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Answer by Dandelion
trust me i have anxiety disorder about my health and you can give yourself all sorts of things with worry. i promise you you are NOT pregnant so you can stop worrying about that.
yes worry does give you ibs and since this started since you started worrying i am pretty sure that is what you have! i have given it myself lots of times. nothing really works for ibs except stop worrying, relax and carry on with your life. dont give it a second thought and before you know it, all will be ok. easier said than done..i, know.
you should prob get checked for an anxiety disorder also

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Question by : (This is embarrassing)… bad stomach cramps and explosive diarrhea?
Save me some embarrassment, and if you feel you won’t reply maturely, don’t bother please?

I keep getting a sharp pain below my bellybutton, and then it spreads to my sides and stops at the top of my hip bones and turns into a massive cramp. Then I feel the need to go the toilet, and when I go my belly makes a growling sound (kind of like when you’re hungry?) and it’s really bad.

My bottom is really sore as well, and blood appears when I wipe because I’m using normal tissue paper. Then I have the urge to go again 5 to 10 minutes later. :\
I’m drinking plenty of water and taking my Irritable Bowel Syndrome medication.

If this is any help, I think I have a cold / the flu? My body is burning hot, yet freezing cold at the same time and my joints ache all over. So it’s only a few symptoms so far.

Any help? :\

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Answer by Kftgr
With severe diarrhea, don’t just drink water. Drink sports drinks to keep your electrolytes up. Take your temperature to make sure you aren’t running a fever (though it sounds like you are). And go see a doctor. The earlier you treat the illness, the better.

And for the raw bottom, vaseline/petroleum jelly. Wipe with moistened toilet paper.

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