IBS pain?

[Ellie07]

I have IBS for several years now. (spasms in my left side in the morning and burning pain under my left rib cage in the evening.}
Last summer had a colonoscopy, small bowel X-ray, upper GI done.
The doctor confirmed IBS.  Recently I started to experience crampy pains around my navel (mostly to the left).  The pain is very intense, worsens even if I just drink water and usually lasts the whole day.  U/S diddn't show anything wrong.  Could it be another symptom of IBS?

[jo514]

Unfortunely IBS is usually DX by ruling out other disease entities and it is a painful, draining, brain-gut disease. I too have the same lower left colon pain and was told that is where the stool basically is stuck. All my test, CT,ultrasound etc are normal.
Peppermint tea, fennel tea, heating pads, have been helpful as is mild exercise. You have to educate yourself on soluable vs insoluable fiber to find the right balance so you can move your bowels.
Best wishes

[Jaybay]

IBS is such a bogus diagnosis. It just makes me angry how so many docs hear a digestive complaint and grandly diagnose this mysterious-sounding "disease" and pass the problem on to the next doc to figure out what is really happening. (Sorry - end of rant.)  :-)

All IBS means is that the docs can't figure out your case, and assumes they have run an exhaustive investigation to rule out any known cause of your symptoms.  Have you seen a gastroenterologist?  Any edoscopic/colonoscopy tests?  CT scan? Ultrasound?