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Q: Frequent bowel movement with stomach pain - why Diarrhea ?
asked by: DoctorQuestion on October 30th, 2007
i am having to go to the toilet for a bowel movement very often in a day sometimes up to 7 or 8 i get stomach pains i have been to the doctor about this and had a faece exam with no results and i have been on fibre supplements, please help.


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on December 5th, 2007
Digestive and Bowel Disorders Answer A3413
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"List of other diseases, conditions, or injuries and their treatment: Digestive System Problem stomach pains bowel movements several times a day

Current medical status: 2 doctor visit 1st one thought it was a fibre issue so i tried phsilliam husks and that didnt work second doctor did a faece exam with nothing coming back"

According to your main symptoms of frequent bowel movement, it seems that you are experiencing diarrhea. Diarrhea is usually a symptom of some kind of intestinal infection. Intestinal infections can be proven by isolating the infective agent in the stool. In rare cases, diarrhea can be due to an inflammatory bowel disorders like ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease. (enterocolitis). These diseases are identified only with colonoscopy and biopsy. Diarrhea can be also due to a functional disorder called " Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)".

The therapy for this condition will depend upon the cause but any kind of diarrhea is generally treated with supplemental therapy (water and salts) to prevent dehydration. Fiber supplements are given for treating constipation not diarrhea!





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jlay
replied on March 4th, 2009
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Stomach pain & loose stool
Over all I am pretty regular. I will usually poop from 1 to 3 times daily. Most of the time 1 time in the morning. However, my problem is as soon as I wake in the morning, I start to feel extreme abdominal/stomach pains, with a very high urgency to use the restroom. Not diareah, but loose stool comes out very fast and sometimes very uncomfortable to the stomach. This may repeat once during the day and then my troubles are over. I have had colonoscopy, endoscopy, poop cultures with no negative results. I am at a loss. I have not been diagnosed with anything but continue to have this issue. Maybe it is normal, but it does not feel normal to me. I remember normal from when I was a kid and how sweet it was to be normal. Any help or insight is appreciated.
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