Hi all,
I’m having symptoms of something and they are driving me crazy and starting to take over my life, looking for advice and support and to see if anyone else has similar.
I haven’t had a diagnosis of IBS yet, but I have have symptoms on and off for the past 2 years. Symptoms ramped up in July 2022 and more recently I have had symptoms constantly for the last 8 weeks, these are:
Pooing several times a day, for the past 2 years this has mostly been unformed and like hummus.
Recently I’ve been going between pooping 5-6 times a day which is soft, to the next day it is really hard and only going once, sometimes when it is harder it’s a little flatter in appearance.
I have lower right side abdo crampy pains. I often need to poop straight after eating, which is super annoying!
I have lower back pain near coccyx that feels worse when sitting down and also if I clench my bum cheeks, I have pain which almost feels like a muscular pain in my bum.
I have a burning, itching, raw, sore pain around my anus and into my rectum, that is there all the time, this feels really raw when I’m pooping, it feels really swollen and I always have the sensation of needing a poo.
My anus almost feels wet at times too.
Wind sometimes feels stuck in anus and this often is painful when it passes.
my tummy always feels bloated.
I have had a FiT test in November 2022 which was normal and a colonoscopy in 2021 that showed some diverticular disease.
Any help and advice would be great as I’m really struggling and getting worried.