u/BedCapital5066

M21

Hi everyone. I’m writing this to see if anyone can relate to my experience with a set of symptoms I’ve been having for almost 6 months now.

It all started at the end of last year when, after eating teriyaki chicken, I noticed that over the following days my abdomen began to feel the following: a kind of inflammation and heaviness mainly concentrated in the middle and lower right side of my abdomen, along with a vague pain across my entire belly. Worried, I thought it might be appendicitis, but as the days passed it didn’t get worse. However, that sensation has stayed with me to this day, with a weird pattern: it’s “active” for about 2 weeks and then disappears for another 2 weeks. It literally feels like whatever this is comes and goes by itself.

Those are the two main symptoms, but I’ve also experienced the following:

●Chronic diarrhea (around 7 out of 10 bowel movements are diarrhea or very loose stools)

●A sharp pain right below both the right and left ribs. This symptom comes and goes over the days.

●Extremely fast digestion—seriously, very fast. I could eat something like a hamburger right now and in less than 10 hours I’d already see pieces of the vegetables in my stool.

●Related to that, I regularly notice undigested food in my stool.

●Relatively rapid weight loss without doing much. I’ve lost around 15 kg (33 lbs) in 7 months.

●Stools with an acidic smell (like ammonia?) sometimes accompanied by mucus

●I’ve only seen blood twice; it was magenta-colored and mixed with mucus, not in the stool. It wasn’t much, and the last time was about 4 months ago.

●Terrible acid reflux for about a month, fortunately it went away after taking omeprazole for two weeks

●Upper and mid-back pain

●Slightly more sensitive eyes, which is how I found out I have astigmatism in my right eye lol

This has been my situation for almost half a year. I’d say the worst period was from mid-January to mid-February—I was very tired and also very anxious about the possibility of colon cancer, but now everything is more tolerable, I don't feel that tired anymore but I know something is simply not okay. All the doctors I’ve seen have told me it’s just IBS, but I’m not completely convinced. I even managed to get the following tests done: urinalysis, thyroid and liver panels, and a complete blood count; every was perfectly fine.

So, what do you think? Do you think this could be something more than IBS? Should I push for more in-depth tests and analyses? Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone. I’m writing this to see if anyone can relate to my experience with a set of symptoms I’ve been having for almost 6 months now.

It all started at the end of last year when, after eating teriyaki chicken, I noticed that over the following days my abdomen began to feel the following: a kind of inflammation and heaviness mainly concentrated in the middle and lower right side of my abdomen, along with a vague pain across my entire belly. Worried, I thought it might be appendicitis, but as the days passed it didn’t get worse. However, that sensation has stayed with me to this day, with a weird pattern: it’s “active” for about 2 weeks and then disappears for another 2 weeks. It literally feels like whatever this is comes and goes like wtf haha.

Those are the two main symptoms, but I’ve also experienced the following:

●Chronic diarrhea (around 7 out of 10 bowel movements are diarrhea or very loose stools)

●A sharp pain right below both the right and left ribs. This symptom comes and goes over the days.

●Extremely fast digestion—seriously, very fast. I could eat something like a hamburger right now and in less than 10 hours I’d already see pieces of the vegetables in my stool.

●Related to that, I regularly notice undigested food in my stool.

●Relatively rapid weight loss without doing much. I’ve lost around 15 kg (33 lbs) in 7 months.

●Stools with an acidic smell (like ammonia?) sometimes accompanied by mucus

●I’ve only seen blood twice; it was magenta-colored and mixed with mucus. It wasn’t much, and the last time was about 3 months ago.

●Terrible acid reflux for about a month, fortunately it went away after taking omeprazole for two weeks

●Upper and mid-back pain

●Slightly more sensitive eyes, which is how I found out I have astigmatism in my right eye lol

This has been my situation for almost half a year. I’d say the worst period was from mid-January to mid-February—I was very tired and also very anxious about the possibility of colon cancer, but now everything is more tolerable, i feel don't Every feel that tired anymore but I know something is simply notmokay. All the doctors I’ve seen have told me it’s just IBS, but I’m not completely convinced. I even managed to get a full blood test done and everything came back perfectly normal.

So, what do you think? Do you think this could be something more than IBS? Should I push for more in-depth tests and analyses? Thanks in advance.

Could this be some form of IBD?

Hi everyone. I’m writing this to see if anyone can relate to my experience with a set of symptoms I’ve been having for almost 6 months now.

It all started at the end of last year when, after eating teriyaki chicken, I noticed that over the following days my abdomen began to feel the following: a kind of inflammation and heaviness mainly concentrated in the middle and lower right side of my abdomen, along with a vague pain across my entire belly. Worried, I thought it might be appendicitis, but as the days passed it didn’t get worse. However, that sensation has stayed with me to this day, with a weird pattern: it’s “active” for about 2 weeks and then disappears for another 2 weeks. It literally feels like whatever this is comes and goes like wtf haha.

Those are the two main symptoms, but I’ve also experienced the following:

●Chronic diarrhea (around 7 out of 10 bowel movements are diarrhea or very loose stools)

●A sharp pain right below both the right and left ribs. This symptom comes and goes over the days.

●Extremely fast digestion—seriously, very fast. I could eat something like a hamburger right now and in less than 10 hours I’d already see pieces of the vegetables in my stool.

●Related to that, I regularly notice undigested food in my stool.

●Relatively rapid weight loss without doing much. I’ve lost around 15 kg (33 lbs) in 7 months.

●Stools with an acidic smell (like ammonia?) sometimes accompanied by mucus

●I’ve only seen blood twice; it was magenta-colored and mixed with mucus. It wasn’t much, and the last time was about 3 months ago.

●Terrible acid reflux for about a month, fortunately it went away after taking omeprazole for two weeks

●Upper and mid-back pain

●Slightly more sensitive eyes, which is how I found out I have astigmatism in my right eye lol

This has been my situation for almost half a year. I’d say the worst period was from mid-January to mid-February—I was very tired and also very anxious about the possibility of colon cancer, but now everything is more tolerable, i feel don't Every feel that tired anymore but I know something is simply notmokay. All the doctors I’ve seen have told me it’s just IBS, but I’m not completely convinced. I even managed to get a full blood test done and everything came back perfectly normal.

So, what do you think? Do you think this could be something more than IBS? Should I push for more in-depth tests and analyses? Thanks in advance.