Hi - Well, I'm sorry. Your symptoms do sound like IBS, and the colonscopy is a pretty great test to rule out other things that can mimic IBS.
But...did your doctor literally say that in IBS-D your stomach can bleed from the irritation? Because that is completely wrong. There is zero stomach irritation in IBS, and bleeding from any part of the GI tract is NOT a part of IBS symptoms. If he found stomach bleeding, then there is something wrong with your stomach. This doesn't mean you don't have IBS, but it does mean that you have something else wrong too.
If you have occasional rectal bleeding, that could indicate hemorrhoids (internal or external) which can be found with IBS. The colonoscopy should have ruled out colon bleeding from things like inflammatory bowel diseases.
- Heather
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Re: went to the doctor
Your symptoms do sound like IBS, and the colonscopy is a pretty great test to rule out other things that can mimic IBS.
