Oily film in toilet after diarrhea and severe joint pain

[lilmisskris0307]

Hi everyone,

As you may know I've been having digestive issues for the past three weeks, see my other post here if you haven't http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Gastroenterology/abdominal-bloating-lasting-for-a-week-please-help/show/1676477#post_7665625

Anyways, so my gastroenterologist calls me about a week ago and tells me he saw excess stool in my intestines from a 3 way abdominal x-ray he took and tells me I'm constipated, even though I'm going about two or three times a day and to take miralax to help clean me out. This does nothing. I stop taking it a couple of days ago and now I am getting explosive diarrhea about 20 minutes after I eat anything with really bad stomach cramping, but what I have also noticed is that there is an oily film on the toilet water over the chunks of stool that have sunk to the bottom ( the diarrhea is mostly watery with a few chunks). I also have severe joint pain in my hands specifically, so much that i can barely type. I'm waiting for my bloodwork for celiac to come back in addition to some vitamin deficiency tests. I also currently have a positive ANA antibody result on other bloodwork and have been feeling extremely fatigued and I have had a distended bloated abdomen for almost three weeks that has not decreased in size whatsoever. I am also currently dairy free. Any ideas?

[patient915]

X-rays aren't very accurate at diagnosing constipation.  I don't think the oily film on the toliet water is anything to worry about.  Have you had your electrolytes checked?

[lilmisskris0307]

My electrolytes are fine. I'm only concerned because I haven't been eating grease and its still there. I'm also going for an HBT on the 28th to see if I have a small intestinal bacteria overgrowth thats causing my symptoms along with most likely IBS.