Diarrhoea on and off

[Missmiller]

Hi.

A tad embarrassed about writing this but I am looking for genuine advice.

About a month ago, I had one episode of very severe, urgent diarrhoea which came on suddenly when I was driving.

Since then I have been fine until last Tuesday. I started again with diarrhoea with nausea. It lasted until Thursday and was frequent and mucus also present.

All went back to normal until today. Two more episodes of pretty urgent, orange diarrhoea with mucus present. Feel nauseous again.

I have some lower left abdominal discomfort which I would describe as mild.

I am late 30s. I eat fairly healthily. I know I drink too much wine. (A bottle of wine each day).

I am getting quite concerned about it and am wondering if I should take a trip to the GP.

Planning on abstaining from alcohol to see if that improves things in the short term.

Any further advice would’ve very gratefully received.

Thanks

I would just go to the doctor, always just better to ease your mind. There’s no harm in it. They’d probably make you do a stool sample.

Thank you. I have become really anxious about it tonight and have convinced myself it’s something nasty. I haven’t lost any weight though and it’s coming and going so that’s hopefully a good sign