Ok probably once or more a week I have extremely painful gas...?!
Question: it feels like I am in labor and takes me to my knees, a stabbing pain. This happens about every 5 mins for about 30 seconds feels like painful contraction. Then about a half hour later I get diareha(sp?). This has happened on and off since I was a teenager now 26, but I haven't said anything to my doctor yet because it used to only happen a couple times a year and now it is once to twice a week. I am guessin this is not normal is this symptoms of IBS or something else?
Answers: it feels like I am in labor and takes me to my knees, a stabbing pain. This happens about every 5 mins for about 30 seconds feels like painful contraction. Then about a half hour later I get diareha(sp?). This has happened on and off since I was a teenager now 26, but I haven't said anything to my doctor yet because it used to only happen a couple times a year and now it is once to twice a week. I am guessin this is not normal is this symptoms of IBS or something else?
IBS, i have it too. And it is extremely painful. Take some fiber supplements everyday, that is what I was told to do. Immodium AD helps too but don't take it all the time.
Sounds like it could be IBS, you really should talk to your doctor about it though before it gets worse.
I can't believe you have gone through this for so many years and never gone to the doctor...you could have something seriously wrong with you, and if so it would have only gotten worse over the last....DECADE that you didn't do to the doctor, geez. Go to the doctor okay.
This happens to me a lot.
I just thought it's the way I eat that's making that happen, but if it's been happening to you for a long time, it might be normal. Then again, it might not be.
But the best thing to do is ask a doctor, what's the worst thing that can happen if you ask?
I would tell your doc.You could have something else wrong .Other then IBS.
What side is the pain on? If it's the right side it could be Crohns diastase. If left side it's IBS. If in the middle of the abdomen, it could be parasite or other infection.
If you don't want to talk to your doc, keep a food journal and see if there's something in your diet that is making you feel this way. The doc may want you to do this anyway.