Left side pain

[Sweepy13]

Hi All

Hope everyone is ok

Does anyone ever get a flare up which causes pain upper left side, lots of rumbling the sudden sharp pain and feeling a kind of dizziness

I feel my IBS is ever changing

I had a CT 2 years ago and confirmed IBS

No weight loss

Sorry to ask just feel like I’m going mad

[Krn210]

Do you have a fever?

[Sweepy13 in reply to Krn210]

No not at all

[Krn210 in reply to Sweepy13]

Good! I was worried when you said dizziness. Have you tried any heart burn medications?

[Sweepy13 in reply to Krn210]

I have just start the Nexium so see how that works thanks 😊

[Mack23]

I am the same at the moment have acid reflux as well but I am very stressed at the moment I am trying to drink more water I do think it helps

[Sweepy13]

Thank you 😊... I get times when I feel like it’s my old style IBS and then out of the blue it throws a new pain or spasm and freaks me out

[FRreedman in reply to Sweepy13]

That's the wonderful thing about IBS, you think you've got it covered and it throws another curveball to try to stump you.( I know they're different ball game but.... If IBS can throw a snide one, so can I).

[Sweepy13 in reply to FRreedman]

😊 thank you

[Reec]

Yes this is exactly how I feel at the moment, I get on top of it and then all of a sudden another new symptom appears! Very frustrating and worrying! I’ve just completely changed my career as well and it involves a few months training and assessments and I’m just worried that my IBS is going to disrupt the training not allowing me to concentrate - I guess take it day by day is all you can do.

Hope your symptoms subside soon enough!

[Star1993 in reply to Reec]

I recently had two week training and I was nervous. But I did exactly that took it day by day and I got through it!

[Sweepy13 in reply to Reec]

Thank you 😊

[Star1993]

I am forever having very loud sounding stomach noises and stabbing pains like period pains. I can get quite nausea to if I have a bad attack.

[MrsWez]

Those are the symptoms that led to my return to the GP after having issues for years. It was always at the left hand side and I sounded like a broken central heating system. The pain was such that I would be sat on the loo with fingernails digging into each hand. I would go cold then hot. So please be assured you are not going mad! I have found that my IBS differs depending on what has triggered it and I can now identify a stress related episode from food related episode

[Sweepy13 in reply to MrsWez]

Thank you that’s reassuring 😊

[Stuart24]

Hello, yes this is a common site for pain, around the splenic bend of the colon. Severe colon pain can make you faint, dizziness is somewhere en route to that.

[Sweepy13 in reply to Stuart24]

Thanks 😊 very reassuring

[anxiousbabe27 in reply to Stuart24]

Hi splenic bend of colon. Is that the upper left side of abdomen just below the ribs? I'm having a panic attack because I'm having this on and off pain in that area for 2 weeks already. Is this something serious? My bowel movement is irregular and I have external hemorrhoids too. Any known treatment for this?

[Stuart24 in reply to anxiousbabe27]

Hi, yes it is, but probably nothing serious. See a doctor for consultation on this.

[anxiousbabe27 in reply to Stuart24]

I hope so. I'll post an update here after ultrasound.Thanks.