What constitutes an attack for IBS-C?
#328178 - 04/13/08 12:46 AM
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What constitutes an attaack for pepople with IBS-C? As far as I know, people with Ibs-D get pain, spasms and D, but what about the C folks?
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I get pain, spasms and C. It feels like a dry-heave when you're throwing up. My body spasms and pushes and nothing comes out, even though I know there's a BM to pass. The worst times have made me feel like I'm going to split in half. I'm cold and shaking and it can last for hours. I don't have this kind of attack often, maybe only twice a year, but when I do it's quite awful. Oddly enough, it usually ends in a normal BM. And then I'm left wondering what all the fuss was about.
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I get pain and cramps but no output. I had D everyday before I started the diet. Now if I'm careful with what I eat I'm stable. If I'm stressed I occasionally still get D. I take Benefiber which helps keeps me regular along with veggies from the safe list.
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Laura
DX IBS 12/07
Following IBS Diet with Weight Watchers
Also GERD
Former cast iron stomach
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For me it means that I get very bloated and my stomach feel like someone grabbed my intestines and started ripping them out. Basically a lot of pain. Sometimes it's also a stabbing pain which feels as if I was getting poked with a knitting needle. Constipation on top of everything, of course. The pain usually lasts anywhere between an hour to a couple hours and then my abdomen is still very tender and swollen for the next couple days.
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IBS-C, bloating, cramps
pregnant 
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My symptoms are very close to Zara's. Sometimes with the pain when I am lying on my back, I can actually see my intestines rolling around!! If I relax for about 2 hours, the pain and cramps usually go away but I rarely get a BM at that time.
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Mine, too, are very close to Zara's and WRO1's. I have horrible bloating, and just PAIN. My pain is usually higher than others I've read on here, more up around my belly button and a little higher, but my doctor says the pain can be whereever IBS decides on an individual. I usually just want to lie in the fetal position, but it isn't always comfortable. I try to stretch out on my stomach also - I just attempt to find a comfortable position to relax....and like others said, I just try to relax until it goes away - maybe an hour, maybe many hours. My stomach also is VERY tender the next few days. I have to be very careful about what I eat for a few days...
And it usually it bloated for a few days also!
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A few nights a week I also get what a few other people are describing - pain in my middle that feels like stabbing and makes me want to be doubled over or in the fetal position, along with nausea and dizziness.
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