Does anyone experience pain in the lower abdomen, below the navel, along the crease between belly and pubis meet? Like below where the belly pouch hangs, in that crease above the pelvis/fupa
Especially upon waking, feels like it tightens up upon waking
Yes, like a tightness in a muscle. I'm still learning (new diagnosis) so can't offer an explanation.
Were you just diagnosed with IBS?
Well, strictly no since there isn't really a diagnosis for IBS, but no other concerns were raised follow blood and stool tests, and symptoms managed very well by diet (lucky).
Happy a diet is helping keep things under control 👏
Thank you for sharing and letting me know you have the same tight sensation in that area.
I've never had it before and wasn't sure if it was related to IBS
When all elimination tests are completed and negative IBS is given as the diagnosis
Yeah fair point, I misspoke. I guess I just find a diagnosis by elimination a bit unsatisfying.
Once or twice I got an ache just there, like a period pain almost, just a few hours before I got a flare up (D)
But really that area might be to do with the bladder? Especially as you say you wake up with it? Most people really need a pee when they first wake up. Does it get any easier after you've done a #1?
Sometimes my IBS has affected my bladder and I wake up with my bladder feeling so full. I don't know what that has to do with IBS technically, but in my own experience it can do sometimes, but not all the time. maybe some nerves are involved that affect both bowel and bladder. I don't know.
Do you feel it might be related to your bladder?
Thank you for sharing ❤️
I do think urinating helps ease the discomfort because full bladder I believe makes it worse
You said you have like a tight sensation in that area hours before you have diarrhea?
I had the tight uncomfortable sensation earlier and just now had sudden gurgling and had diarrhea!
Maybe that stitch like sensation, tightening is a forewarning that diarrhea is coming. It's a possibility
Yes, I did have that uncomfortable feeling and a little bit of pain a couple of times just before a sudden flare up. But I've had flare ups when that hasn't happened, so it only did about twice, maybe three times.
Also for some reason I can't understand, I pee a lot more when my gut is looser!. I don''t know why.
Sorry you had a flare of the D tonight. Never fun, is it? Did you eat anything that might have set that off? Often, I have eaten nothing suspicious when I get a flare up, and sometimes I can even eat those things and be just fine. Hope your tum calms down asap. I usually eat just white rice, nettle tops, white toast, and hard boiled eggs, steamed fish, when that happens and it helps to calm my gut down
yes I do in bed before I get up. I thought maybe it’s wind pushing on the bladder…..but I don’t know….I’m releived you asked question as others seem to get it. I thought it was just me. It can feel very disturbing when these new pains arrive….
Sue
I had this pain yesterday but it was where the elastic waistband in my leggings had slipped below my navel and the tightness and pressure caused bad pain. As soon as I pulled the leggings back up, the severe pain had gone. It may seem trivial but I have IBS and was worried.
I was told by a specialist dealing with bladder problems that it was referred pain from lower back.
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