Diarrhea for two weeks, should I be concerned?

[Victor10]

Im a 25yr male.


Okay so I've been having issues with my GI for years. Lately I had diarrhea for two weeks and suspected a food intolerance, like celiac. I got off of Gluten for a few days and I felt so good. Even my face cleared up. I had normal stools for once in my life. Fast forward a week later and I went to a wedding and just gave in and ate alot of Gluten! I got sick and had diarrhea. I've now had diarrhea and loose stools for a week. Other symptoms are slight bloating and some gas and cramping.

Went to my GP and he did a regular blood test and scheduled me for a ultrasound. The blood work came back perfect, also tested negative for celiac but i hear its common for false negatives if you have been off Gluten.

Ultrasound was good except for a "slightly enlarged spleen".

Just went to a GI and he scheduled me for a endoscopy to see what's going on in there and get biopsy for celiac. Also to test blood and stuff for infections, bacteria or anything that maybe causing my diarrhea.

I have been super stressed and anxious lately. I need to see someone for this. I don't know if these is causing me these IBS symptoms. I'm a hypochondriac unfortunately.

Also I'm terrified about my spleen being slightly larger. I don't know if these is because it naturally is larger or an infection or something like cancer or terminal illness. It's driving me crazy.

Should I be worried?

[Victor10]

This is crazy if this was all stress. I followed your advice yesterday and really calmed down. Had a great night of sleep and I woke up with a perfectly normal bowel movement.

[Victor10]

Very interesting, thanks. Nothing I can do but wait and see.

[ScalpMassager]

medicinenet.com  enlarged spleen, January 08 comment by DanielMc, extract:

"My spleen enlargement was due to eosinophilia caused by a food allergy.  ...... . My allergist put me on the Paleo diet and within 1.5 weeks, I noticed a huge difference and was feeling much better. A follow up appointment showed my count to be back in the normal 6 to 8 percent range. When I test foods not on the diet (particularly those with gluten) I start to experience the symptoms again."

[Victor10]

Yes that makes sense. I haven't even seem the report yet to see the size of the spleen. Could be nothing. Seems as if something were to be wrong, it would show in blood test like if it was cancer.

[ScalpMassager]

(done)

- probiotics may greatly help settle you back down to normal

- you've no comparison to your earlier spleen size, and I'd expect some variation between patients so slightly enlarged could mean absolutely nothing

[Victor10]

Yes please. I need help calming down.

Any idea why my spleen would be slightly enlarged? All my blood test were perfect.

[ScalpMassager]

Worry is unproductive.  I urge focus on detecting and solving problems.  You're correct that high anxiety can have a massive influence on bowel function (either way:  constipation or diarrhea).

May I message you with a list of links to my posts containing tips on anxiety coping?