Bathroom Rush

[hurryingtothetoilet771]

After I had my first child I got this symptom of rushing to the bathroom with what is watery stools. I have had 6 colonoscopies (?) and they can't find anything. 3 different doctors say it is IBS but none of the meds help at all. I once saw a medical show, Mystery Diagnosis or something, where the lady had the same thing but cannot find it to watch it again to get the name of what she finally was diagnosed with. Please help my girls are now teenagers and I don't want to miss these years.

[hurryingtothetoilet771]

Thanks I will look at these to see if I can convince my doctors to try something new.

[Red_Star]

Autoimmune pernicious anaemia and habba syndrome are the only two mystery diagnosis shows i can recall with an "IBS" misdiagnosis.

"No IBS theory...

In a study recently published in Medical Hypotheses (in press 2010), Dr. Habba analyzed 575 patients presenting with previously diagnosed diarrhea predominant IBS (IBS-D). 303 patients completed all the testing and follow up necessary to be included in the results. The study concluded that 98% of these patients had conditions other than the previous diagnosis of IBS.

When these conditions were identified and appropriately treated, 98% of them improved as assessed by fewer than three bowel movements per day. Habba Syndrome constituted 41% of the patients studied, post-cholecystectomy diarrhea 23%, lactose intolerance 8%, microscopic/lymphocytic colitis 7%, celiac disease 4% and several other specific conditions comprised the balance.

This result is very encouraging and is in contrast with the results presently achieved by treating “IBS”. Physicians frequently fall short of “getting to the bottom” of the problem by tagging patients with “IBS”, a vague entity that merely describes their symptoms and usually results in a poor therapeutic outcome.

These findings lead to the theory concluding that there is no IBS-D. Patients need to be evaluated thoroughly until a true clinical entity is found and treated."

[jemma116]

Sorry, I didn't see the programme.

As you have had colonoscopies and they found nothing, which is a good thing but no answer to your problem.

Have you had your stools examined at all for any bugs, worms, bacteria, fungus?

The other thing is to keep a record of what you are consuming to see if there is a link to your problem.  May be a good idea to see a dietician.

Are you taking any other medications that can be causing this?

Best wishes.