Pls help... advice needed. Constant nausea and stomach cramps/ bloating?

Hi,


I would appreciate any advice. Have been suffering with really painful stomach cramps and bloating since April last year. I was constipated for just over a week and don't seem to have been right since. In the last 6 months my lower abdomen has swollen and my clothes size has increased from a small 10 to a tight 12. The nausea is almost constantly there and is driving me insane. I feel like I want to belch all the time. My stools are also concerning me - I have had mucus within them, which has gradually increased. I have been to my GP several times and just recently I went in and asked to be referred. I had a consultation at my local hosp and he prodded my stomach asked a few Q's and then handed me leaflets on IBS. I really didn't feel like he had explored enough.


Does anyone have any idea what is wrong?


ThanksPls help... advice needed. Constant nausea and stomach cramps/ bloating?
Hiya-first of all don't worry.Your not alone.Loads of my family have IBS-it is bloody horrible.Your doctor sounds like he is totally unsupportive and needs a good kick up his butt!Irritable Bowel Syndrome is an unexplained illness that causes cramping,diarrhea,constipation,sickness,鈥?etc.It is often caused by certain foods u r allergic to but if ur a girl,PMS also effects it!If i were u i would make a chart of all the food u r eatin and when u get ill to try and find out what ur allergic to.Failing tht go to Holland+Barret and book a food sensitivity test and cut out all the food ur allegic too.My mum uses Colpermin tablets (Get from the docs) to relieve bloating and also cooks from a book, Barbara Cousin's 'Cooking Without'.It is really good.Peppermint tea is good for the stomach cramps and Ginger biscuits/tea relieve sickness.As do travel sickness bands.I hope i have helped u :) xxxPls help... advice needed. Constant nausea and stomach cramps/ bloating?
IBS (and yes I have it as one of my many medical problems) can cause a number of the symptoms that you have going on but I would recommend that you consult a gastroenterologist (a dr that treats diseases and conditions of the stomach and intestines). I don't know if this is the dr that your primary care dr is having you see at the local hospital but if not please request a consultation with a gastroenterologist to see if they can help you figure out what is going on.
You need a referral to a gastroenterologist. While the differential diagnosis of your symptoms might include IBS, you do not mention alternating bouts of constipation and diarrhoea. a hallmark of irritable bowel syndrome.





You sound more like IBD, inflammatory bowel disease. Not treated the same as IBS at all. IBD is a term that covers crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and diverticulitis, and some of these can present in ways that can kill you, or make yo want to die.