Ibs symptoms?

[Daneesha]

Currently., i m facing severe diarrhea with dark greennish yellow color and sometimes with hard lighter color stools. Then i noticed the stools is floating before sinking a few minutes later.

i also passing lot of gass and bloating..my ankles also swollen with back pain.

I’ve visit my gp, do some ultrasound, endoscopy and colonoscopy and he said nothing was wrong with me..

I’ve done blood test and tumour marker CA 19-9.. my reading level was 20.4 u/ml. Its still in normal ranges but i think its little high for normal person and bilirubin level is 18 umol/l which quite high.

I barely sleep and having anxiety cuz i dont know what is happening with me..

Is there anyone experiencing the same symptoms?

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I cannot eat spicy food at all, I have mustard colour stool and burning discomfort down my left side when I do. I am careful with other foods too but have good days when I eat things I shouldn,t then I suffer. At least you have had a colonoscopy, I have problems getting referred by my doctor,it took me 9 months to get a referral for a bladder problem, I had a polyp removed which was blocking the neck of my bladder.

[Maureen1958]

Hi, I think this may be BAD/BAM, it seems to have two names, same thing. I suggest you look into this. I may be wrong, but the fact that you mention greenish coloured stools rings bells with me. I have been tested for it but it came back negative, so know a little about it. Feel free to ask me any questons, I will do me best to answer if I can. Maureen.

[Maureen1958 in reply to Maureen1958]

Sorry, perhaps I should have put full names rather than abbreviations. BAM stands for Bile Acid Malabsorption and BAD stands for Bile Acid Diarrhoea.

[Daneesha in reply to Maureen1958]

Hi maureen.. thnks for ur response. May i know what test i need to take to check on BAM?

[Maureen1958 in reply to Daneesha]

OK I'm assuming you're in the UK. You have to be referred to a hospital by your doctor, You will then have to go and see the hospital doctor and talk through your symptons and if they feel you may have BAM, you will be given two appointments a week apart. At the first one they get you to take a capsule and a week later you return to have a scan and from this they can tell how much bile you are loosing through your bowel. And from that they can make a decision on whether or not you have BAM. This test is called a SeHCAT test.

[Maureen1958 in reply to Daneesha]

Sometimes doctors by-pass the hospital procedure and just prescribe the medication. If it works then it is assumed you have BAM. It depends on the doctor and the area in which you live. Not all hospitials provide this test.

[macd65]

Go back to the doctor and get referred to a consultant gastroenterologist if not already seen one. I have just had a CT virtual colonoscopy which while the prep is awful ++ it does show your other organs as well as the bowel. Good luck