I have the exact same symptoms as you!! Did the miralax help you?? Have you figured out how to manage the symptoms?
DEMAND they test you for giardia (giardiasis, giardia lamblia, etc.). I had all of these symptoms for 6 months and they told me all the same things. I went through hell. Someone else told me to ask for a giardia test and I did. I almost had to force them to listen to me, but it came back positive, I took a round of flagyl, and never had another problem. I'm still so mad that this idea was never spoken by a doctor.
Well, your symptoms could definitely be caused by the H Pylori or IBS. Also fibromyalgia can also have GI symptoms that go along with it sometimes.
all my blood tests came back ok. I just got diagnosed with fibromyalgia a few weeks ago, had an endoscopy and colonoscopy where a 4 mm benign polyp was removed and i found out I have h. pylori in addition to what is most likely ibs
If you are having regular bowel movements then you don't have severe constipation. X-rays aren't great at showing how much stool you have in your large intestine (there isn't really any good test for this). I would recommend waiting for your blood tests to come back.
I got a call from my gastroenterologist about an xray i took monday and apparently I have a large amount of stool in my intestines even though I've been going to the bathroom. he's having me take miralax but in the meantime I've been researching and saw that a vitamin d deficiency can be related to severe constipation due to malabsorption and can also be linked to celiac. I'm still waiting on my vitamin deficiency blood results to come back but some of the symptoms sound similar. anyone have experience with this?
You can have a gluten sensitivity (that can go along with IBS) and not have celiac disease. However if you are going to have bloodwork for celiac disease or an endoscopy with biopsies for celiac disease, you would want to start eliminating all gluten after you complete these.
Ok so I saw the gastroenterologist and he's narrowed it down to four possibilities: IBS by itself, IBS in addition to Celiac Disease, overgrowth of bacteria in my small intestine, or a partial blockage. I had a 3 way abdominal xray yesterday that I'm waiting to get a call back on, and I have to get bloodwork to see if I have Celiac and they are also testing for vitamin deficiencies. He did not seem to want to do an endoscopy, and i've also been instructed to stay dairy free ( which I mostly am anyways) and to take align probiotics for a month. The bloating is still there and all of my symptoms are as well. would anyone also recommend going gluten free for just IBS? I've heard this alleviates symptoms as well
Bloating can be caused by many different things. If you wanted to try something before you saw your doctor, you could try eliminating all lactose from your diet to see if that helps.
Yeah I see the doctor monday I'm just so frustrated. I can't wear any pants but sweatpants because I can't have anything constricting my stomach, even yoga panta hurts. my pcp said it was air bloating but if I've been passing gas and the bloating is staying the same that's a problem
Welcome to the gastroenterology community! IBS can cause bloating, but it won't cause rectal bleeding. It sounds like seeing the gastroenterologist like you had planned is a very good idea.