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My IBS is killing me?
I'm a 15 year old girl and last year I was having chronic pain and my doctor diagnosed me with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. It's honestly been the worst time of my time until now. I've basically been surviving on pills and medication. I even landed in hospital a few months ago because of the unbearable pain, I was certain I was gonna die that day. But anyway. It's ruining my life. I'm turning 16 in a month's time and I've realised that I don't want to live though the rest of my youth in pain everyday like I'm currently suffering, and not to forget the bloating, gas and constipation and diarrhea. It's just so depressing. I try to work for a good body but the bloating makes it impossible, plus I'm always missing school because I'm always in a lot of pain!. So I just wanna know if there's any way to make it go away...or any advice on how I can live without all these life-draining symptoms.
Please help me
3 Answers
- formerly_bobLv 76 years ago
Digestive system problems like this can be very difficult to manage since the exact cause usually can't be identified. Pretty much, all treatments are an educated guess and adjustments are made by trial and error.
Most treatment regimes begin by collapsing the diet into a very small number of foods that can be tolerated without symptoms. If this step can be done successfully, there's a good chance the problem is isolated to certain foods that can be avoided. If even the simplest diet causes problems, more extreme treatments might be considered. Extreme treatments generally carry as much risk of making things worse as making things better.
One of the extreme treatments that shows potential (but is not well-documented) is a procedure called fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). This is a fancy term for getting a sample of bacteria from a healthy person's poop and transferring it to your intestines. This can be done after taking a strong antibiotic to wipe out the existing bacteria in your digestive system or without the use of antibiotics. Its less risk to try it first without antibiotics. FMT is what i would consider in your situation, even though there's no way to predict the odds of success.
- Anonymous5 years ago
What's the IB ??