I really need help...severe stomach pain, diarreha, and stools have mucus and tissue like stuff in it!

[llsweet33]

I have been battling with all this for almost 3 years now. I have been told it was IBS before..but now they say that isnt the case. I had my gallbladder removed June of 2007..but nothing has changed for me yet! My bowels are still like water, it rangers in color from yellow to sometimes a dark black. I have tons of mucus and what looks like tissue in my  bowels. I have been back and forth to the doctors and they have done a Colonoscopy, bowels samples to test for infections or parisites and nothing is showing up! Can you please help me! I am at my wits end here. I cant live a normal life, cause I cant go out to eat cause my food just runs right thru me! It takes no longer than maybe 5 mins for the food to run thru my body and I am at the toilet for what seems forever...with severe stomach cramps...bad sweats,  and cold chills!
I need to find out what steps I need to take next!
I hope someone can help me!

Laura

[CalGal]

Okay, you've got one answer. Now, since you're going to be taking antibiotics, go to the drugstore and pick up some probiotics. You want to probably use either Culturelle or Digestive Advantage-IBS. Start taking them to off-set (hopefully) any deleterious side-effects of the antibiotics. Take the probiotics once a day (or as directed) and take them at LEAST 2-3 hours after you take the antibiotics.

[llsweet33]

Thank you for writting back to me! I have been thru soo much for 3 years just trying to find out what is going on...well today I went back to my doctor, cause I am really sick I have pnemonia, sinusitis and also cause of my stomach. Well last week my docotor did some blood work, well  the results came back today!!! I tested positive for H.Pylori! So I start on the 2week Prev Pack tomorrow!

I just pray that this is the end of it all and that this will help me get well!

[beentrying2quit]

Do a search on Celiacs Disease or Gluten intollerance.  Celiacs disease is most commonly misdiagnoses as IBS for several reasons.  Most docs just dont know about Celiac and there is no treatment for it.  

Obviously I'm not a doctor but your symptoms could lead to Celiac.  If indeed this is what you have the only cure is to illiminate all gluten from your diet.  Items like bread, pasta, beer, all wheat, barley and rye products.  Let me know what you think.

[CalGal]

It's possible that part of the problem may be the result of not having your gallbladder any more. It's unfortunate, but many people find that after surgery they're not longer able to processess fats the way they did before. This may be due, in part, to the unregulated release of bile from the common bile duct into the duodenum. Bile is a 'irritant' and without 'foods' to mix with - because your not eating when that bile is being released - it moves through the small to the large intestine and irritates the heck out of those tissues.

If that's what's happening you may want to try following a low fat diet and see if it's of help. It's not going to change overnight, but over time it should get a bit better. In addition, you may want to talk to your doc about the use of questran or something like it. It's a bile binding resin and it will help to soak up the bile.

The mucus is probably present because your system is trying to protect itself - and mucus is a 'first-line' defense.