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Hi I'm hoping somebody might be able to help me. I've had IBS since i was 12 (now 29yrs) mainly IBS A. Symptons were mainly loose stools and pain alternated with C. But on the whole following a bland diet I have managed it.
In August I experienced something I have never had before, it started with a colicky feeling, like trapped wind and I started passing mucus, no stools just mucus but the urgency of it left me housebound! At the time I was on holiday and worried how I would get home because of the urgency of it so the doctor prescribed me steroids as they thought it was colitis, this seemed to help and within a week it had mostly cleared up.
My doctor referred to a specialist and 2 months later I had a sigmoidoscopy. It showed no signs of inflammation and neither did the biopsies. All has been well since August until a week ago, in the morning I couldnt really go to the toilet and as the morning went on I started to get crampy colicky pains, I had some some lunch and the cramps and convulsions in my stomach started to become so bad that I had to go to the toilet and pass a normal stool. The pain continued so I took some anti spasmodics which seemed to ease it off. I got home from work and had some toast etc.. feeling a bit better but before bed the pain had returned, it was almost like a trapped wind pain. I went to sleep and as soon as I opened my eyes in the morning I had to bolt to the bathroom. Not diarreah as such just lots of gas, brown mucus and also normal stools. I had to go a further 2 times each time just passing mucus though this time it was more of a yellow colour.
I went to see my Dr and explained I need to get back to work and didnt want to suffer until next week and neither did he want me to so he prescribed me the steroids again. I had my follow up appointment booked with the Gastro Dr on Tuesday so he said I'll be able to discuss it with him.
I saw the gastro dr on Tuesday and explained that I had all these symptons again and that some of the mucus had very small streaks of blood in it, mainly darker blood. The Gastro Dr said that I'd had the tests done back in october and they showed no scarring or inflammation therefore is not colitis or proctitis. Great!! But what the hell is it? Its not the kind of IBS I've ever experienced, he said it may be rectal spasms and he'll refer me to someone else who deals with that. He told me not to continue with the steroids (I'd been on them 6 days on tuesday).Well yesterday and today has been a bit better the urgency and pain have decreased although there is still a fair bit of mucus.I just dont know whats going on, its not the normal pattern of IBS for me.
I'm beginning to feel at my wits end as the results came back normal but I have all these symptons, my worry is that the first lot of steroids calmed everything down so that when they tested me nothing showed up.

Has this happened to anyone else, are these symptons typical??? Help please???

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