Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Wanganui, NZ,
small hard bowel motions Posted: 06-18-08 16:56pm
No matter how much fibre I eat, or fluid I
drink, I pass small hard faeces, often
surrounded by mucous. Occasionally if I
eat more fruit than usual it will be more
normal but I will experience intense
abdominal gripes.
I pass a lot of wind, often foul
smelling.
I believe I have a normal to very good
diet, exercise regularly, and drink more
than sufficient water.
I don't sleep well.
I am on citalopram, naproxin, and calcium.
According to your symptoms you might be
experiencing Irritable bowel syndrome
(IBS). IBS is a functional disorder often
related to the mental issues. Your
sleeping disorder supports this opinion.
Have you ever asked for medical attention
about this? Did you made any blood tests,
ultrasound examinations and stool
testing?
Why do you take naproxin and Calcium?
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lilybattle
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Wanganui, NZ,
IBS? Posted: 06-23-08 16:31pm
I had considered irritable bowel
syndrome.
I take Naproxin for arthritis pain and
Calcium because I have dairy intolerance
and there is a family history of
osteoporosis. Stool tests were negative,
as were blood tests. I have not had an
ultrasound, although I did have a
colonoscopy. The Citalapram shows that I
have had attention for "a mental
disorder".
Thank you for the reply.
If the colonoscopy didn't reveal anything
then you probably have IBS.
You can perform densitometry for
evaluating the osteoporosis.
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lilybattle
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Wanganui, NZ,
small hard Posted: 06-24-08 17:31pm
Thanks again. I guess I just needed
confirmation because that is what I
suspected. I had a bone density scan last
year which revealed the beginnings of
osteoporosis.
What diet, if any, would help the IBS?
There are a number of dietary changes a
person with IBS can make to prevent the
abdominal pain, discomfort, and bowel
dysfunction.
Having soluble fiber foods and
supplements, substituting milk products
with soy or rice products, being careful
with fresh fruits and vegetables that are
high in insoluble fiber, and eating
frequent meals of small amounts of food,
can all help to lessen the symptoms of
IBS.
Foods and beverages to be avoided or
minimized include red meat, oily or fatty
and fried products, milk products (even
when there is no lactose intolerance),
solid chocolate, coffee (regular and
decaffeinated), alcohol, carbonated
beverages, especially those containing
sorbitol or other artificial sweeteners.
Patient should also avoid foods to which
he is allergic.
Definitive determination of dietary issues
can be accomplished by testing for the
physiological effects of specific foods.
The ELISA food allergy panel can identify
specific foods to which a patient has a
reaction. Other testing can determine if
there are nutritional deficiencies
secondary to diet that may also play a
role. Removal of foods causing IgG immune
response as measured using the ELISA food
panel has been shown to decrease symptoms
of IBS.
Several of the most common dietary
triggers are well-established by clinical
studies at this point; research has shown
that IBS patients are hypersensitive to
fats and fructose.
