NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/sci/med/24384

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From: [e-mail] (Bernard Silver)
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Subject: Re: Rapid Onset of IBS?
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Date: 25 Jan 93 02:20:04 GMT
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In-reply-to: [e-mail]'s message of 24 Jan 93 09:53:42 GMT

Your symptons as described could fit a lot of troubles, but presumably
your doctor has discarded most of them based on the examination.
Still, that won't stop me (and maybe others) chiming in with *my* disease
that in my case has similar symptoms.

Did your doctor mention IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), the blanket
term for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.  Both are chronic,
but can flare acutely, sometimes being misdiagnosed for acute appendicitis
the first time.  The symptoms you describe are common in Crohn's disease
in certain sites (I get "stomach cramps" which are actually caused by
bowel obstruction.  As the loops contract to clear the blockage, other
loops get pushed up, creating pain in the area I associate with the stomach.)

But, as I said, your doctor has probably discarded this based on
examination.  (I think that good practice would require IBD be ruled
out before presenting a diagnosis of IBS, as the diseases are
superficially similar in initial symptoms, but of different
seriousness).

Good luck!
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                Bernard Silver
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