Belly ache

[OldTimer74]

I have had IBS for years, lately when I eat I get a belly ache, it moves down my body, sometimes it goes away and sometimes it hangs around. I normally get up from bed with no pains but once I start to eat the pains come back. I did start eating beetroot with my meals and wondered if that might have made my body a bit sensitive?

[Luisa22]

Do you mean cooked ordinary boiled beetroot or the kind which is pickled in vinegar?

If it's the pickled one, then vinegar can be too acidic for many tummies. I never really liked it and stay away from it now, quite happily. Though I tried apple cider vinegar at one point, and didn't like that either, plus it didn't do me any good.

Beetroot is so healthy and good to eat, and some people can eat it regularly. I used to.

But it's very high fibre. I usually reserve it for any "more slightly constipated" days. I love it actually so am always pleased when I can eat it. But generally...nope.

Maybe it's that?

[OldTimer74 in reply to Luisa22]

It is just the straight cooked beet, I left it off today and the belly seems slightly better. Thanks for coming back to me.

[Luisa22 in reply to OldTimer74]

Yes, it might be because they are high fibre. Of all foods, beets were always helpful to me if ever I got slightly constipated. They "made me go".

But they are very tasty and healthy, so it doesn't have to mean you must cut them out. Just maybe go steady with them and don't eat too much at once?

[BabsyWabsy]

Another old timer here. I love beetroot too, (not pickled) but have to limit consumption because it 'goes straight through', sometimes very rapidly. I only eat it occasionally, but it often prompts a bm within a few hours.

[E3178]

I have a belly ache with too much fibre.I have a small amount of unpickled beetroot most days.

I find pips in tomatoes are are a problem for me so can't eat more than a very small amount.

[buggins55]

If it's one thing I've found over the years it's that the symptoms change and can be varied, I too get this sometimes I think it's just my tummy feeling sore and sensitive after a flare up and digesting food can be uncomfortable for a day or two after I have found tummy massage quite useful, does this happen with every meal for you or just after a bout of IBS?

[OldTimer74 in reply to buggins55]

Can never tell to be honest, sometimes it`s more normal sometimes can`t go out. I have handled it for years but now I have an inguinal hernia I have to take something to keep the flow going (Cosmocol normally)

[FrostGyre]

What do you eat in a typical day?

[OldTimer74 in reply to FrostGyre]

I normally have toast to start. Then maybe a pork pie and a couple of cakes for lunch and various things for the evening meal. After eating over the last week I get a belly ache ( not stomach) it seems to slowly creep down lower and then maybe I pass wind. I have had quite a lot of wind over the last week or so. I have to take Cosmocol to keep things moving while I wait for this inguinal hernia to be fixed. If it is wind then where the hell is it all coming from? I have always had lots of wind but not the pain with it. I usually wake up fine having passed wind a lot during the night but as soon as I eat then the pains come on. Obviously before the food has had a chance to digest and get into my intestines.

I have been very anxious of late.