Loose Stools

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Dr Helen Webberley
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by Dr Helen Webberley on Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:19 pm

Re: Loose Stools

Hi there, IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion. By that we mean that we should check out other causes of symptoms such as diarrhoea, and once we know it is nothing more serious, we can attribute the symptoms to something like IBS.

There are other causes of diarrhoea, so I suggest you get checked out by your doctor.

Not everyone with IBS will have all the classical symptoms, everyone is different.

I hope this helps, Dr Webberley
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by Sharon Holroyd on Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:10 pm

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Hi There
there are lots of causes for loose stools and as Dr Helen suggests, it is worth checking this out with the GP. Lots of foods and drinks can alter bowel habit, too much of the wrong type of fibre will speed up the gut motility resulting in losse stools. It would be worth keeping a food and bowel diary for a few days, it may identify some of the issues. Also try speaking with your local continence specialist service, this is the type of thing they deal with and often can offer solutions. Good luck
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by Dr Nick Read on Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:12 pm

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The official view would be get this checked out by your doctor, but the reality is that we all have loose stools from time to time. What I would do would be to try to work out whether any particular change in diet or eating or drinking too much or any stressful circumstance, like working too hard or having too many committments might be causing your symptoms and try to adjust your life style to deal with this. If your symptoms get worse and more persistent, then go and see your doctor.
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by Julie Thompson on Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:50 pm

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Hi

Just a quick note about diet - if you have your symptoms checked out please do not alter or manipulate your diet before you go to your GP. One of the tests that the doctors will check is for coeliac disease and it is essential you are eating sources of gluten for this test for at least six weeks. The guidelines suggest:

"Inform people that when they are following a normal diet (containing gluten) they should eat some gluten (for example, bread, chapattis, pasta, biscuits, or cakes) in more than one meal every day for a minimum of 6 weeks before testing; however, it is not possible to say exactly how much gluten they should eat."

If you have already restricted and would find it difficult to introduce discuss this with your GP who may refer you to a gastroenterologist. In this case you might have a false negative test if the test is completed. The treatment for coeliac disease is a gluten free diet and testing would be negative when following the diet well. For information check out the link

http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg86/ch ... mendations
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