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I have been having diarrhoea, and bad stomach pains for a week now.
I have always suffered with IBS and triggered by anxiety or generally just comes on with no warning. Usually I can distract myself and play a word game or something on my phone to keep my brain busy and not think about the pain. Normally, I will get an upset stomach once or twice a week and diarrhoea perhaps once a week .
About 4 weeks ago, i had the flu the worst ever had it.after I shook that off I had a sickness feeling like pregnant. But definitely not pregnant.
I was having the worst nausea, tiredness and feeling crap. After a week plus, that passed. But since last Friday, I have just been having the worst bouts of diarrhoea.
It usually happens in the middle of the night, which have been rare, but mostly in the afternoon before I eat and especially after I eat and again in the evening. Worse so, when I eat. And again very close together sometimes 10 minutes after the other.
I have an OK diet.
Don't eat as much fruit and veg as I should and have cut down loads on chocolate lately as I am a.major chocolate maniac. I have chocolate usually digestives or bourbons after lunch or dinner. I do eat chocolate everyday. But I try to eat apples and grapes and I mostly have veg in my meals, salads, stir fries, veggie rice etc, I eat only chicken and fish. I have looked up campylobacter. Not sure if that's that. No one else is sick and we are a big family of 8, so usually when we get sick it goes round instantly and we are all lumbered with it.
I only get the bad stomach as well when I'm.about to have the diarrhoea and bad gas. Meaning I'm pumping loudly and randomly which is embarrassing. I have 6 children and love to go put on nature walks and to the park and am freaking out to go out incase it comes on.
My husband is adamant its the chocolate and has asked me to give it up. Because he thinks it's not helping my health. I've had zero chocolate today and still have had diarrhoea three times.
I had my smear booked in today and cancelled it again because im scared if I go to the medical center, again I will have diarrhoea.
Feel so rough as well, literally like nausea as well and just feeling crap. And its getting me down. The stomach ache only happens just before and during the diarrhoea.
Anyone know what it is.