Hi Folks,
i'm one of those wo are still looking for answers and are not diagnosed yet. For over a year now, no doctor was able to find the cause for my problems. Furthermore they think, it's just IBS. But i don't think that's the real problem.
My Problems startet with upper abdominal pain and constipation, which came out of nowhere. The following weeks, my lower abdomen was very hard. I had pain in my flanks and under my rib cage. I had headaches and fatigue. My stool is a bit light brown an softer, than it was before. All of the tests (blood, sono, ct scans, colonoscopy, gastroscopy) came back negative. I was checked for food intolerances and celeac disease. They only found out, i had some light problems with fructose.
The problems got slightliy better over the weeks but never disappeared completely. Then a few weeks ago, everything got worse and now it's as bad as last year. They now also checked my stool. It seems that sometimes my markers for intestinal inflamations are high (sIga, alpha-1-antitrypsin, calprotectin), but it changes a lot - so the doctors think, it's a real problem.
I don't know what to do. The doctors think, it's psychosomatic. I also think that it is not related to specific foods. I'm on a FODMAP diet right now and it doesn't help.
Does anyone experience the same problems as me?
Thanks
Martin
i'm one of those wo are still looking for answers and are not diagnosed yet. For over a year now, no doctor was able to find the cause for my problems. Furthermore they think, it's just IBS. But i don't think that's the real problem.
My Problems startet with upper abdominal pain and constipation, which came out of nowhere. The following weeks, my lower abdomen was very hard. I had pain in my flanks and under my rib cage. I had headaches and fatigue. My stool is a bit light brown an softer, than it was before. All of the tests (blood, sono, ct scans, colonoscopy, gastroscopy) came back negative. I was checked for food intolerances and celeac disease. They only found out, i had some light problems with fructose.
The problems got slightliy better over the weeks but never disappeared completely. Then a few weeks ago, everything got worse and now it's as bad as last year. They now also checked my stool. It seems that sometimes my markers for intestinal inflamations are high (sIga, alpha-1-antitrypsin, calprotectin), but it changes a lot - so the doctors think, it's a real problem.
I don't know what to do. The doctors think, it's psychosomatic. I also think that it is not related to specific foods. I'm on a FODMAP diet right now and it doesn't help.
Does anyone experience the same problems as me?
Thanks
Martin