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My entire life I've had stomach problems but it seems to be getting worse as I age.  I know that I am lactose intolerant so I don't eat dairy.  I have constant stomach pains and I always feel full.  My stomach is so tender and painful sometimes that I have to sleep on my side.  I'm always bloated, have nausea and have gas.  My stomach is always very loud and very bubbly.  I go daily usually several times a day, often with immediate urgency.  I never have a normal stool. Most of the time my stool is loose and most recently in the last year its often thin like a pencil. I often have mucous in my stools.  I sometimes get bad stomach cramping.  The only thing that makes me feel better sometimes is not eating.  I'm constantly burping and instantly feel bloated after I eat, even if its a small meal.  I've had an allergy test done and I don't have any food allergies.  I don't have reflux.  I'm always tired and feel like I have the flu.  Any suggestions?      
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My daughter had the same thing.  turns out after having alot of tests done, and going under they found she had IBS....bad!  She is on so much medication, but doing fine.  She does have to stay away from certain foods, but pother than that she does eat what she wants.
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I am somewhat similar. Sometimes I feel like dying. If you were to put milk in the baking sun for 20 days and then drink it..It would give you a severe sour stomach. That's how I get. I don't know what to do anymore. Doctors seem so stupid. The only thing that helps me is milk of magnesia. Even though you are going, try using it once and a while. It'll clean you good and causes no pain. I also use bentyl which seems to help a bit, but not as much as I would like.
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