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Diarrhea, loose stool for over 6 weeks. What is wrong with me?
I am a 27 yr old female with an extremely healthy history (only visits to the Dr. are for an occasional sinus infection once every 3-4 yrs and regular exams)
Approximately 7 weeks ago, I began to have diarrhea 3-6 times a day, with a slight decline in appetite. At this time, I was also preparing for relatives to fly in and visit, my significant other (who is in the military) received orders to deploy to Iraq, and I was in the midst of looking for a job.
Because of all this, I attributed the diarrhea to stress and figured it would pass. To make a long story short, it hasn't. Since it started, I have not had a single day with a normal bowel movement. Other than the diarrhea (and perhaps a slight depression from this going on for so long) there are no other symptoms. No pain, no appreciable loss of appetite, no fever or anything like that.
The diarrhea is worst in the mornings...I usually get cramping and the urgent need to "go" about 20-30 minutes after waking up and eating a small something for breakfast. After the first bout, I usually have to enter the bathroom again a couple more times before I leave for work in the morning. Frequently (but not always) I also have this same behavior after eating lunch.
The diarrhea/loose stool is always light-colored, sometimes yellowish (my stool is normally a medium brown color). It is often accompanied by gas, and varies between completely unformed diarrhea, and thin (pencil-thick) VERY soft stools.
Pepto Bismol doesn't do much to help, other than darken the stool. I haven't tried taking anything else, since I have no other symptoms and don't want to further upset my system.
I currently am waiting for my health insurance coverage to kick in before going to the Dr. (3 more weeks) But with me working now, the frequent diarrhea is more of an issue than it was when I was in and around the house all day.
In doing research on the web, it seems my symptoms most closely resemble a Giardia infection, but I wanted to see what the opinions were here, and if there is anything I can do to lessen my symptoms while I am waiting to see my own Dr.
Approximately 7 weeks ago, I began to have diarrhea 3-6 times a day, with a slight decline in appetite. At this time, I was also preparing for relatives to fly in and visit, my significant other (who is in the military) received orders to deploy to Iraq, and I was in the midst of looking for a job.
Because of all this, I attributed the diarrhea to stress and figured it would pass. To make a long story short, it hasn't. Since it started, I have not had a single day with a normal bowel movement. Other than the diarrhea (and perhaps a slight depression from this going on for so long) there are no other symptoms. No pain, no appreciable loss of appetite, no fever or anything like that.
The diarrhea is worst in the mornings...I usually get cramping and the urgent need to "go" about 20-30 minutes after waking up and eating a small something for breakfast. After the first bout, I usually have to enter the bathroom again a couple more times before I leave for work in the morning. Frequently (but not always) I also have this same behavior after eating lunch.
The diarrhea/loose stool is always light-colored, sometimes yellowish (my stool is normally a medium brown color). It is often accompanied by gas, and varies between completely unformed diarrhea, and thin (pencil-thick) VERY soft stools.
Pepto Bismol doesn't do much to help, other than darken the stool. I haven't tried taking anything else, since I have no other symptoms and don't want to further upset my system.
I currently am waiting for my health insurance coverage to kick in before going to the Dr. (3 more weeks) But with me working now, the frequent diarrhea is more of an issue than it was when I was in and around the house all day.
In doing research on the web, it seems my symptoms most closely resemble a Giardia infection, but I wanted to see what the opinions were here, and if there is anything I can do to lessen my symptoms while I am waiting to see my own Dr.
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Hi I have had similar symptoms to what is being decribed... For the past week I have been making a trip to the bathroom 30 to 50 mins after consuming drink or food. The stool is usually yellow and fluffy. I also experience sharp pains in my lower adomem like cramping pains. My cousin yesterday suggested that I take a stool test.
I associated what was happening to me as gas before, but now after reading the comments I am starting to think differently. When I was in college and I took a long time to eat I ended up vomitting twice in one night and after drinking some ginger-ale and tea i was fine.
Any suggestions before I make that trip to see my PMD.
I associated what was happening to me as gas before, but now after reading the comments I am starting to think differently. When I was in college and I took a long time to eat I ended up vomitting twice in one night and after drinking some ginger-ale and tea i was fine.
Any suggestions before I make that trip to see my PMD.
I am David Reid Lowell, ***@**** - and I have been to my Dr. Edward Driscoll (in Worcester) several times with a sharp pain on my left side, on a diagonal between my lower rib cage and the area between my left hip and belly button.
At times I bloat up like a basket ball and I feel like something inside me is tearing. When I sleep on my left side I have to put a pillow under me to ease the pain - sometimes it just goes away.
Sometimes I go the bath-room up to 5 times in one morning and sometimes 'not at all' on the weekend when everyone is home I can't go at all.
It REALLY hurts.
I have had a colonoscopy and one pallap was removed (benign). Since then I have had this problem. Dr. Driscoll did a CAT scan and it came back negative for anything in my stomach, intensities or colon. It did how a small cyst on my kidney and one on my lung which he said is no big deal because they are common in 50 year old.
It hurts, especially after I eat - I can no longer eat acidic food. I am now eating brown rice, and streamed veggies -
All my blood work is fine, have had recent counts done, everything is normal.
PLEASE advise me, I do not know here this coming from and my doctor says that there is nothing wrong with me... it is really, it hurts, and is very uncomfortable. It is also limited to that specific area of my left colon, intestines. It is like there is knot in me, or some on has stuck a knife in me...
What is odd is that it can just go away and then come back.
At times I bloat up like a basket ball and I feel like something inside me is tearing. When I sleep on my left side I have to put a pillow under me to ease the pain - sometimes it just goes away.
Sometimes I go the bath-room up to 5 times in one morning and sometimes 'not at all' on the weekend when everyone is home I can't go at all.
It REALLY hurts.
I have had a colonoscopy and one pallap was removed (benign). Since then I have had this problem. Dr. Driscoll did a CAT scan and it came back negative for anything in my stomach, intensities or colon. It did how a small cyst on my kidney and one on my lung which he said is no big deal because they are common in 50 year old.
It hurts, especially after I eat - I can no longer eat acidic food. I am now eating brown rice, and streamed veggies -
All my blood work is fine, have had recent counts done, everything is normal.
PLEASE advise me, I do not know here this coming from and my doctor says that there is nothing wrong with me... it is really, it hurts, and is very uncomfortable. It is also limited to that specific area of my left colon, intestines. It is like there is knot in me, or some on has stuck a knife in me...
What is odd is that it can just go away and then come back.
You've made the right choice by incorporating a digestive enzyme as well as doing the colonix. Colonix is a great cleansing program but there are other measures one needs to take to make it work for you.
For me I had to change my eating habits - I sought the help of a naturopath and found out I had food allergies and made a change in what I ate. It really helped with health. I did this 8 years ago and have never looked back.
Hope all is well with you now.
For me I had to change my eating habits - I sought the help of a naturopath and found out I had food allergies and made a change in what I ate. It really helped with health. I did this 8 years ago and have never looked back.
Hope all is well with you now.
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