Just wondering if there are any sufferers of the above about and if you could tell me a bit about the symptoms?
I have had on-off bowel issues for years that come and go. I can have months of relative calm but then experience bouts of diarrhoea from nowhere with no obvious triggers. The sporadic nature and severity of it has played havoc with my self confidence and I'm now anxious about long car journeys or being in situations where the loo isn't easily accessible. Have seen doctors who immediately want to put it down to ibs and say the serious conditions would have more constant symptoms. I did have a colonoscopy for something unrelated about ten years ago. Nothing showed up then but it was a long time ago.
The reason my mind has turned to chrohns is that over the past week or so I'm finding myself having to dash to the loo within minutes of eating a meal. Not every single meal but enough for it to be noticeable and worrying. Having consulted google (I know I know bad idea) it says this is one of the key symptoms. My maternal grandmother also suffers with an IBD disorder (not chrohns).
So if it's something you have experience with do these sound like typical symptoms? Would the bad belly be more frequent? And would there be pain as I don't really experience that? Not expecting anyone to diagnose me but input and experience would be helpful.
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Anyone with Chrohns or IBD
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Raindropsonroses27 · 12/05/2019 15:28
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