Hi! Let me start with the longest lasting
problem type thing (sorry, I'm not very
medically educated).
This started in December of 2006. I get
this pain in the upper part of my stomach,
near my diaphragm by my ribs. It hurts so
severely that it is difficult from me to
breathe and it hurts in to my ribs. When
this occurs, I sweat really badly and as I
said before, it's difficult to breathe and
speak. Typically, I'm moaning and crying
too. It hurts way, way bad. I have not
been able to connect this to anything I
eat or stress. It's also not related to
mensturation what-so-ever. The pain lasts
about 1-4 hours (average) and during this
time I am pretty much incapacitated. I've
been to a GI doctor and he said it was
IBS, however, I experience none of the
other symptoms of IBS other than the
stomach pain, and a few other doctors have
disagreed with this diagnosis.
Okay and here's the other thing. For about
a month now, no matter what I eat (pretty
much), it gives me diarrhea pretty badly.
It's driving me crazy and it's pretty
nasty. Anyone know what this could be or
ANY MEDS THEY KNOW I COULD TAKE TO CONTROL
IT?
I'll be heading to a doctor soon again as
soon as I get some more money to pay my
bills.
Had doctors made some medical
investigations (gastroscopy, colonoscopy,
before you were diagnosed as IBS?
IBS is a functional disorder and before
saying that someone has IBS doctors should
exclude several disorders with the similar
symptoms like: gastritis, diverticulitis,
peptic ulcer, hiatus hernia, intestinal
infection, chronic inflammatory diseases,
celiac disease, lactose intolerance,
chronic pancreatitis etc.
