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Hi, does anyone suffer with bloating but all the time? For the last couple of months my stomach has felt bloated most days and more recently I have had a gurgling stomach, mucus in my poo, lower back pain, urgency and acid reflux.

I am currently having bloods, stool samples etc to rule out other things as I'm worried that constant bloating could be something more worrying than IBS. But just wondered if it could be the IBS?

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winfong

Bloating and mucus are two very common symptoms of IBS, I'm afraid.

I'm glad you are getting some tests. IBS is typically diagnosed by elimination. Let us know what kind of results you get.

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Starshine83 in reply to winfong

It's more the bloating every single day that I'm worried about. It doesn't come and go it's pretty much always there. Today I've developed pains low down as well. It's been a tough few weeks!

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EnikoF

i have been bloated for 8.5 years. All day every day.

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Starshine83 in reply to EnikoF

Sorry to hear that. Do you have pain with it?

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EnikoF in reply to Starshine83

Yes, in different places. Sometimes even just touching my belly hurts.

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Jackie1612

hi Starshine83 sorry to hear you are going through this.

I feel bloated most of the time. A few years ago I was diagnosed with diverticular disease and bloating is one of the symptoms.

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Starshine83 in reply to Jackie1612

Thank you. I think I've have been over googling and my head is spinning. These symptoms could be any number of things but I can shake the ovarian cancer thing. I do suffer with health anxiety but this has purely come from having such strange and prolonged symptoms over the last 4 years!

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winfong in reply to Starshine83

I'm sure the wait is excruciating, but the results will very likely point to IBS. It does, indeed, sound like you've probably had it for 4 years. What have been your diagnoses so far?

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moreblueplease

Yes. Have had IBS for 20 years. Just resolved bloating and related G.I. issues with Dr. Janel's high sulfur protocol. There's a podcast on the Sibo Doctor discussing her protocol with MSM. changed my life.

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Starshine83 in reply to moreblueplease

Thank you I will take a look!

Hi

When I didn’t totally eliminate every food that my bowel ‘didn’t like’ I was always bloated and my stomach felt like a pregnancy belly - hard and with no give.

Now after so many awful episodes of violent diarrhoea and throwing up etc I finally have eliminated all my current offending foods (wheat, alcohol, some nuts) and what I believe to be the irritated swelling of my guts has subsided and I can actually poke my tummy in a good few inches as it’s no longer rock hard.

Suggest an elimination diet to find out what is upsetting your tummy so much.

Good luck 🙂

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