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Weird IBS Symptoms

Have you ever experienced what you thought was a "weird" or "strange" symptom and wondered if others with IBS have experienced it too?

Share your "weird" symptom here and see if others have.

  1. Yes. I would get a rash on the inner aspect of my butt cheek a day BEFORE an IBS flare-up. The doc kept saying it’s from raw skin from IBS flare ups totally ignoring that it happens BEFORE a flare up. My neuropathy in my legs also get much worse. My doctors gaslight me when I report these symptoms

    1. I get extremely hungry every 4 hours,then I have to eat and when I do my IBS D flares up,it’s a never ending cycle and the GI doctor dismisses it. I finally asked my family doctor to refer me to someone else because for over 20 I’ve been seeing this man and not really getting the help I need. I also have breakouts of skin rashes mostly on my face when the bowels act up.This is so frustrating.

      1. yes the hunger starts it off but 15 minutes after eating the tummy swells up and the pain starts.

      2. I Suffer in the same way damn if do damn if you don’t a never ending cycle like you said

    2. I don’t think my symptom seems to be very common but when I get really anxious, I feel a bubble on my lower left abdomen. I’m having a particularly tough time right now and it really feels like there’s a lump in that area. It can’t felt on the outside of my body, it a sensation of having a lump. I hate IBS.

      1. But trapped air really, really hurts

      2. I can attest to this for sure. I have had to lay down and contort myself into weird positions to try to shake it loose and out because it can cause pain that I never thought possible. One night it even woke me up it was so bad!! Keep on keepin' on, DPM

    3. Same here and they can't find anything

      1. can you describe your symptoms? I’d really appreciate it.

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