Hello, everybody. I was hoping somebody may know what is possibly going on with me.
I started having diarrhea about 3 months ago. It was very sudden, and I thought it was because I had just eaten a TON of berries, or maybe it was the steak I bought the night before. After it didn't go away for two weeks, I knew it wasn't something I ate, so I went to the doctor. They did some basic blood tests and did a stool culture, but everything came back normal.
What's really weird is that after about a month, everything actually went back to normal for a week. I had normal, solid stools. Then the sudden diarrhea started again.
Diarrhea symptoms:
*At first, I was having 4-5 episodes a day. It then decreased to 1-3 times a day. Over the last month, pretty much every time I go, it's diarrhea, but It happens once every second or third day.
*It usually always comes on suddenly. One second I feel fine, the next second I better get to the bathroom right away or else I'll have to find a new job. [out of embarrassment]
*Half the time while I'm having diarrhea, my stomach is killing me. It goes away when it's over. The other half, it's pretty quick and painless.
*The diarrhea smells awful. Like really, really bad. Even my gas does.
*Looks like there's a lot of mucus in the diarrhea. Looks thick at times too. Sometimes it's just very watery.
*Half the time, when I look in the toilet after I had diarrhea, it's just very cloudy and I can't even see what it looks like
*sometimes if there's a more solid piece in all of the diarrhea, it floats to the top.
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I thought maybe a high fat diet was causing all of this. I was consuming about 4-5 TBSP on olive oil a day, 1 avocado a day, animal fats, etc. But for three months on this type of diet, I had no issues. So why would it cause problems so suddenly like that? But still, I cut back on the fat thinking it may be it. But these past two weeks, the diarrhea has continued. So it can't be that.
Any ideas?