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- From: john@anasazi.com (John R. Moore)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Rapid Onset of IBS?
- Message-ID: <john.727897148@misty>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 17:39:08 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.095342.17579@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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- jaa@su19a.ess.harris.com (John Auer) writes:
-
- ]The intent of this post is not to seek diagnosis, but to
- ]gather any alternative ideas with which to discuss with
- ]my doctor.
-
- ]I became ill approximately 2 months ago: large amounts of
- ]gas, diarrhea, and painful stomach cramps, especially in
- ]my lower right abdomen. The time from the first sign of
- ]any symptoms to the time I needed to seek medical help was
- ]approximately 3 weeks. My physician suspected a
- ]parasitic infection (I won't even try to spell it):
- ]gee-ar-dia. After a negative stool sample, the diagnosis
- ]became IBS. I began taking Librax 3 times daily.
-
- Don't trust a negative stool sample. I had the same thing, with negative
- stool samples. However, the doc (and infectious disease specialist)
- tried an anti-parasitic anyway (Flagyl). The terrible symptoms I had
- had for almost a year went away in 2 weeks.
- --
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