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Re: Link between Endo and IBS??
From: Ashley (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Sep 27 17:43:22 2007
Ladies,
I too have IBS and Endo. My Gyno and GI doctor do nothing but Argue
about which problem is causing the pain. Meanwhile I suffer. I agree
with all of you that IBS and Endo are related. I have feared for awhile
that there is Endo on my digestive tract which might contribute to the
IBS. Starting a new low sugar diet has helped a little bit more with
the IBS.
Ashley
At Thu, 27 Sep 2007, mdustin wrote:
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>I have almost always had bowel/digestive problems. Even as a child, I
>ended up in the hospital several times due to my parents thinking that
>my apendix would burst, which ended up (embarrassed to say) but really
>bad gas. It was a joke in my family, but nothing ever was really done
>about it.
>
>I was diagnosed with Endo in March 2007. And now my gyn doc thinks I
>have IBS, due to problems with passing my bowels. I almost always have
>diarrhea or I'm constipated. I never really knew how often a healthy
>person should have to have a bowel movement...daily? weekly? I really
>don't know what is normal.
>
>My gyn has referred me to a GI doctor that I will be going to at the end
>of October. In the meantime, my doctor doesn't think ANY of my pain is
>gyn related..that's what he told me. How can that be? All too often,
>when I do actually have a bowel movement, I bleed like I have my period.
>It varies in color from pink to red to brown. And generally lasts about
>a day or two. But nearly everytime I do, no matter if I am near my
>period or not...I bleed. Is that normal....and/or not gyn related? How
>can that be? Also, whether I'm due for a period or not, stress makes me
>bleed as well. I'll be out at the grocery store or whatnot with my
>daughter and half way through my trip, I feel it, by the time I get
>home, I have bled like crazy.
>
>I never had these problems untill my c-section with my daughter over
>three years ago. Before that time, I did have bad periods...cysts on my
>ovaries that would rupture with each period, and ended up putting me in
>the hospital. When I was young, the doctors at the hospital told me
>that with all of the ruptured cysts, they didn't think I would be able
>to have children. However, even with birth control pills and condoms, I
>became pregnant twice. (I have two beautiful children now)With my
>first, I had eight negative pregnancy tests and bled 'normally', for
>three months before I found out that I was three months pregnant. All
>of this cannot be normal.
>
>I guess I just really don't understand how my symptoms are not gyn
>related? I have vaginal pain, pelvic pain and pressure, bloating and
>bleeding....how is that not gyn related, but GI related?? Maybe I just
>really don't understand it...which is why I'm going to go to the GI
>doctor. Maybe I really do just have it wrong.....I don't know.
>
>At Wed, 26 Sep 2007, jillson wrote:
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>>I was diagnosed with IBS 10 years ago and diagnosed with endo in Feb 07.
>>I totally think they are related. I was having diarrhea like 3 times a
>>week and when I had my period it was everyday and so painful. Now I
>>haven't had as many issues with the IBS since feb. I have been on
>>Lupron so I haven't had a period. I just found out I have endo on my
>>rectum and I am having that excised Oct 9. So I think I always had endo
>>on my bowels and that was the problem not IBS. Good luck.
>>
>>jill
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>>At Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Lisa S. wrote:
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>>>I was dianosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in college and have
>>>recently been diagnosed with Endometriosis. My recent dianosis has made
>>>me suspect that either my endometriosis has caused or worsened the IBS
>>>or I never had IBS to begin with and it has been endo all the time.
>>>After reading some of your submissions I have come to understand that
>>>Endo can cause many digestive problems...I am wondering to what extent
>>>this can happen? And if it can affect my bowels and is affecting
>>>them...should I be concerned and have this looked into further with my
>>>doctor?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Lisa S.
>>>
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