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Digestive problems 21:06 - Jul 19 with 4176 viewsQuakerJack

Went to Cuba last November, got the sh!ts out there and never been the same since. Get the runs regularly. Had tests, blood and stool, now being referred to a Gastroenterologist.

Don't think it's anything sinister as I'm too young and don't really have any other symptoms.

IBS is one possibility but, despite the fact that I've had a stool test, I'm still thinking it's a parasite from my trip to Cuba. Anyone else had any similar experiences, particularly following travelling?

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Digestive problems on 21:08 - Jul 19 with 2855 viewspansypants

I had similar problems travelling back from Blaenavon McDonalds in the mid 90's. Never eaten Cheeseburgers since.

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Digestive problems on 21:23 - Jul 19 with 2814 viewsQuakerJack

Digestive problems on 21:08 - Jul 19 by pansypants

I had similar problems travelling back from Blaenavon McDonalds in the mid 90's. Never eaten Cheeseburgers since.


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Digestive problems on 21:28 - Jul 19 with 2799 viewsDarran

Not trying to frighten anyone but a fella in my street went to see the GP a few weeks ago because he was feeling unwell he had the shits and the GP told him he had IBS,he wasn't happy so he paid for a second opinion down Sancta Maria and discovered he had leukemia.

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Digestive problems on 21:30 - Jul 19 with 2794 viewsDrWig

Could be a parasite, but quite likely IBS following Campylobacter infection.
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Digestive problems on 21:36 - Jul 19 with 2772 viewsQuakerJack

Digestive problems on 21:28 - Jul 19 by Darran

Not trying to frighten anyone but a fella in my street went to see the GP a few weeks ago because he was feeling unwell he had the shits and the GP told him he had IBS,he wasn't happy so he paid for a second opinion down Sancta Maria and discovered he had leukemia.


Christ almighty. See I'm not saying I have that. But I do get the feeling I have something a lot worse than IBS, it's stories like that that make you realise it's very possible.

I've thought about getting a second opinion on the private. It goes against my principles but when it comes to your health you can't mess about.

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Digestive problems on 21:41 - Jul 19 with 2764 viewspansypants

Hope all works out Quaker

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Digestive problems on 21:46 - Jul 19 with 2751 viewsrpark25

I had a bad case of Campylobacter in 2010. Completely knocked me for six and to be frank I still have issues now and again (hell of state 1-2 days after eating Italian randomly) etc.
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Digestive problems on 22:04 - Jul 19 with 2722 viewsDyfnant

Digestive problems on 21:36 - Jul 19 by QuakerJack

Christ almighty. See I'm not saying I have that. But I do get the feeling I have something a lot worse than IBS, it's stories like that that make you realise it's very possible.

I've thought about getting a second opinion on the private. It goes against my principles but when it comes to your health you can't mess about.


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Digestive problems on 08:46 - Jul 20 with 2643 viewsLord_Bony

Also check for colitis. How did you get it in the first place then?

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ulcerative-colitis/Pages/Introduction.aspx

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Digestive problems on 10:05 - Jul 20 with 2584 viewsQuakerJack

Digestive problems on 21:41 - Jul 19 by pansypants

Hope all works out Quaker


Thanks Pansypants

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Digestive problems on 10:06 - Jul 20 with 2575 viewsQuakerJack

Digestive problems on 22:04 - Jul 19 by Dyfnant

You don't need to go private to get a second opinion


No I know but my waiting time at the moment is around 3 to 4 months.

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Digestive problems on 10:07 - Jul 20 with 2573 viewsQuakerJack

Digestive problems on 21:30 - Jul 19 by DrWig

Could be a parasite, but quite likely IBS following Campylobacter infection.
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What's the treatment for this?

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Digestive problems on 10:12 - Jul 20 with 2566 viewsQuakerJack

Digestive problems on 08:46 - Jul 20 by Lord_Bony

Also check for colitis. How did you get it in the first place then?

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ulcerative-colitis/Pages/Introduction.aspx


Fell ill towards the end of our trip to Cuba, hasn't been the same since.

The three main symptoms are diarrhea or extremely soft, flatulence and an urgent need when you have to go to the toilet. I don't really get pain, I long for constipation it's that bad, sorry for the gory details, just hoped I could at least get some idea of what I had if anyone had experienced the same.

I think the tests I had have ruled colitis out. I'll check that link for the diagnosis, thanks. ,

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Digestive problems on 11:21 - Jul 20 with 2519 viewsPacemaker

Worked in India last June had a bad dose of the shits with slight fever three days better then The same again for two or three days. Had a bit of a dodgy guts for a few weeks then ok. Went to a away game in Sept had another episode completely out of the blue spent the entire game in the toilet. Then ok again until Boxing Day another away day disaster.

Been ok since but not right and nobody has any idea what it is, could just be as a result of the India trip and literally stripping bacteria out of the gut and it is now sensitive to anything slightly dodgy. Prior to this constitution of an ox.

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Digestive problems on 11:25 - Jul 20 with 2512 viewsRancid

Crohns disease and ulcerated colitis has rocketed these last 20 years.Processed foods has a lot to answer for.That usually starts with IBS.Bowel disease in general is one of the most common ailments in modern life.
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Digestive problems on 11:31 - Jul 20 with 2496 viewsDyfnant

Digestive problems on 10:06 - Jul 20 by QuakerJack

No I know but my waiting time at the moment is around 3 to 4 months.


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Digestive problems on 12:22 - Jul 20 with 2475 viewsBournedore

Quaker in all seriousness do not feck about with something like that. Insist on a second and third opinion if necessary and badger them until each and every option has been explored. Go private if you don't think you're getting enough help.
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Digestive problems on 12:29 - Jul 20 with 2463 viewsShaky

I have had similar symptoms that were almost certainly due to a food allergy.

What might help you to get things under control is to eat very simple food that is easy to digest, like steamed fish, vegetables, rice etc..

At the same time I strongly suggest you start taking a fibre supplement. The one I have used personally is not that cheap but it certainly worked for me and I still use it when I have the occasional flare up:

http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/benefiber-soluble-fibre-food-supplement-powder/pr

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Digestive problems on 14:20 - Jul 20 with 2407 viewsQuakerJack

Thanks guys, really has helped me realise I need to act and act soon. Monday morning I'm ringing the docs and getting a private appointment.

Can always count on support on this forum. Cheers!!!

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Digestive problems on 14:33 - Jul 20 with 2393 viewsItchySphincter

IMO highly unlikely to be a parasite - not impossible but unlikely. A few years back I woke up with terrible stomach pains to the point I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance. It happened two or three more times in the next few months. I had the sh!ts occasionally, nausea often and I must have had between twenty and thirty blood tests with almost impossible results, magic eye, ECG, ultrasounds and the one where they put you in that big tunnel machine. I was discharged by my specialist after a couple of years of nothing being found, he reckons I either passed my own gallstones or I had another condition which required specialist in London, I felt better so passed on it, got on the weights and cut down on the acidic foods and tbh I think I'm past it. Parasites were ruled out very early on as was the big C. Sometimes things just come and go.

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Digestive problems on 14:56 - Jul 20 with 2367 viewsApeShit

You should NEVER ask or look for medical advice on the internet... you always get told its the worst!

I'm sure its nothing mate, but def get a second opinion just to put your mind at rest.
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Digestive problems on 16:22 - Jul 20 with 2329 viewsQuakerJack

Digestive problems on 14:56 - Jul 20 by ApeShit

You should NEVER ask or look for medical advice on the internet... you always get told its the worst!

I'm sure its nothing mate, but def get a second opinion just to put your mind at rest.


Yeah the only site I'll use is the NHS website. You read some horrific stuff and if it is IBS, causing stress by reading you might have cancer just makes things worse.

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Digestive problems on 16:26 - Jul 20 with 2328 viewsQuakerJack

Digestive problems on 14:33 - Jul 20 by ItchySphincter

IMO highly unlikely to be a parasite - not impossible but unlikely. A few years back I woke up with terrible stomach pains to the point I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance. It happened two or three more times in the next few months. I had the sh!ts occasionally, nausea often and I must have had between twenty and thirty blood tests with almost impossible results, magic eye, ECG, ultrasounds and the one where they put you in that big tunnel machine. I was discharged by my specialist after a couple of years of nothing being found, he reckons I either passed my own gallstones or I had another condition which required specialist in London, I felt better so passed on it, got on the weights and cut down on the acidic foods and tbh I think I'm past it. Parasites were ruled out very early on as was the big C. Sometimes things just come and go.


The parasite theory was that it came about in Cuba, where that sort of thing is common.

I know people who have had issues like this that have gone after a year or more. I do need to alter my diet tho, maybe cut down on the beer as well.

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Digestive problems on 16:28 - Jul 20 with 2324 viewsApeShit

Digestive problems on 16:22 - Jul 20 by QuakerJack

Yeah the only site I'll use is the NHS website. You read some horrific stuff and if it is IBS, causing stress by reading you might have cancer just makes things worse.


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Digestive problems on 16:34 - Jul 20 with 2318 viewsQuakerJack

Digestive problems on 16:28 - Jul 20 by ApeShit

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