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Diarrhea for 3 weeks

Laurajay
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Hi. 

I hope u can help me because I'm going out of my mind with worry. I'm 72 and have suffered with terrible stomach problems since my 40s. Ibs and Gerd and recently this year developed quite a few intolerances to food. 

But for the past 3 weeks I've had diarrhea after eating everything

 I've tested negative for bacteria and had a fecal test the calprotein one and it came up abnormal with a score of 62. There is no blood I'm my stools but I'm extremely bloated and in pain with my stomach in no specific part. 

They are now testing me for colon cancer and I'm terrified I've got it. Please can u help me with any advice you might hav

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    Hi I had Diarrhea after everything I ate for about 6 weeks also intolerances to foods and drinks that I'd always tolerated before also bloating and a positive fit test and so sent for a Colonoscopy and Hysteroscopy and put on the 2 week suspected cancer wait ,after the extra tests and a biopsy I was told there was nothing sinister but that Diverliculitis and internal fibroid and hemeroids were causing the problems after I had the colonoscopy the symptoms stopped ,that was 18 months ago now and again I get bouts of diarrhea and food intolerances but at least its nothing to worry about .

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    Also recommend they do a colonoscopy and also a CT on your gallbladder, my mother had similar problems and after these tests were done ,they got better results, hope this helped :)

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