I have constant stomach gurgling and Popping noises in my stomach for over a year . I do have a hiatal hernia that was diagnosed about 6 years ago so every stomach problem since then I put down to this . I have had on going stomach problems for last six years but this gurgling and poppPop is crazy . I've had lots of tests done and found out I have gallstones but doctors say this is not the cause because I also get lots of pain on my left side of my stomach asweell . It feels like somthiy growing iny stomach . All tests clear so still don't have any answers . This issue now keeps me awake and stresses me out constantly and that is possible making the whole situation worse . 

I have constant stomach gurgling and Popping noises in my stomach for over a year . I do have a hiatal hernia that was diagnosed about 6 years ago so every stomach problem since then I put down to this . I have had on going stomach problems for last six years but this gurgling and poppPop is crazy . I've had lots of tests done and found out I have gallstones but doctors say this is not the cause because I also get lots of pain on my left side of my stomach asweell . It feels like somthiy growing iny stomach . All tests clear so still don't have any answers . This issue now keeps me awake and stresses me out constantly and that is possible making the whole situation worse . 

Hi dizzy dawn.

i too have very similar symptoms as yourself including the feeling of something growing on the left side and was wondering if you have been for any further tests?

thanks and hope your well

I've had symptoms just like yours for 4 months now! I've been to my GP 4 times since it started and have had stool tests, blood tests and IBS diagnosed. Unfortunately the pain got so bad in my right side and after eating that I started vomiting recently. I spoke to out of hours initially who told me to seek medical help urgently back at my GP (who I have lack of faith in at the moment!). Anyway, they sent me straight to hospital where I was told I may have gallstones. No gallstones found luckily but now I'm back to square one! The surgeon said I may have colic (which I thought only babies get) and possibly Crohns disease. I'm being referred to the gastro team at hospital for further tests soon. It's making my life so uncomfortable! I hope you find out what's causing your discomfort soon. 

Sorry to hear you are going through the very same. I still have no answers despite continuing to go back to the doctors and hospital  I am currently up at the hospital now waiting to be seen again.. 

Last 3 days have been hurrendous and things only seem to be getting gradually worse. The doctors don't seem to be that bothered that every day I'm suffering like this. It's now starting to affect my mental health.

Will let you know how I get on today. 

If I were you I would opt for a comprehensive stool analysis that uses Pcr technology which will check you for parasites, bad bacteria and fungal overgrowth along with a whole list of other things. Geneva diagnostics do it but it ain’t cheap at I think 365 roughly.best of luck

Have you looked up BAM bile acid malformation, similar to IBS & crone's connected to gall stones/gall bladder? IBS is often misdiagnosed BAM

Hi - sorry to hear you’ve been feeling less than 100%.

I’m wondering if you’ve been sent for a scan at all? Might be worth pushing for, just to be sure. 

Have them check for any upper GI issues (pancreas/digestion) etc., as this can affect gas and cause discomfort etc.

Dont be dismissed by your GP - your health is important. Hopefully you’ll get some answers and put your mind at rest.

good luck x

I had loud gurgling noises after eating (looking back) from age 41. This coincided (again, looking back) with a change in bowel movements, which became looser and more frequent (particularly in the morning and after eating). However, I put everything down to a touch of mild IBS. Three years on, at age 44, I had a pain up and across from my belly button along with black, tarry stools. I booked a GP appointment but by the time I saw my GP the pain had gone, as had the black, tarry stools. Despite telling the GP that I'd eaten beetroot around that time and had pulled a muscle in my tummy a few months ago, the GP ordered numerous tests, including blood tests, stool tests, ultrasound and a gastroscopy. All tests were fine and I was told I had a clean bill of health. Six months later, I was getting extremely breathless after exercise, very tired, and was getting heart palpitations. Thinking I had heart problems (my Dad did in his mid 40s), I booked an ECG. The results were textbook perfect, but my health issues remained. Two weeks later, my mother-in-law said I may be anaemic and, after asking Dr Google what anaemia was, concluded that she might be right. (After all, there's a first for everything...)! I took myself down to A&E for a blood test, expecting to be sent home with a prescription for some iron tablets, and was immediately admitted. My Hb (haemoglobin) level was 40 (they transfuse at 70) and I was given three units of blood that night, along with an iron infusion. I was given a CT scan, which showed that I had colon cancer, which was confirmed by colonoscopy (the one test my GP didn't order 6 months prior). Turned out that the tumour had become perforated, hence the rapid blood loss.

I was operated on within three weeks. Cancer had spread to the local lymph nodes and also to my omentum (I've discovered parts of the body I didn't know existed)! I've since undergone 8 rounds of chemotherapy and am waiting to hear whether they want to put me in for HIPEC treatment.

Anyway, the reason for my post is to encourage anyone with a change of bowel habits to get it checked out. I'm a 45 year old male, never smoked, don't drink much, a little overweight but generally fit and have run a couple of marathons. I shouldn't have got bowel cancer, but I did and so can you. Treatment for bowel cancer leads to an excellent prognosis if caught early. My prognosis would undoubtedly have been better had I gone to the GP and been diagnosed 4 years ago. If your symptoms sound like mine, don't delay. See your GP. Insist on a colonoscopy. Really! Best wishes to you all. 

Luke 

xx

Just read your post and I hope to God you are on the mend, so sorry to hear what you are going through, i will be adding you to my prayers. 

I currently still have no diagnosis at all, went to see the specialist and he over spoke me everytime I tryed to speak and then walked off and sent his secutery in to tell me I have to have blood test and stool test that wS it, I couldn't even explain my symptoms, I walked out crying.  I am now back to square 1, I hope and pray I get some answers soon, I can see my having to go through the whole process again fir a third time. I even payed for my own mri scan privately but that only showed gallstones and they don't think gallstones is my issue, I wish I could go private but now my health as pushed my out of work I have no chance it took my 4 month save for the mri scan that 750 pounds.

Any way I hope and pray you have been given the all clear. 

Kind regards 

Dawn 

Hi, I have only just seen this post as I lost the link to this site and came back a coss it by accident, I am still in the same boat and have even saved up 750 pounds and payed for a private mri scan but nothing showed up only gallstones and I been told they don't think this is my issue. 

I went to see a specialist other day and he didn't let me speak and just over spoke me at every point, I didn't even get the chance to explain my symptoms. 

I'm back to square one, the specialist only orderd bloods and stool sample. I came out the hospital in tears. I'm nearly 3 years and things have got much worse to the point I'm now out of work amd this was my biggest fear, my work was everything to me as I worked with homless charity and also run my own homeless charity as i have been homeless myself and wanted to help others, sorry gone right off track there.

Anyway I am going to try and push the doctors again and try my best to get some answers.

Kind regards 

Dawn 

Hi thank you for your reply. I actually went into hospital for 2 weeks as they thought it might be cancer. Luckily it wasn't, so they said IBS probable but have given me cholestyramine sachets which I have been taking for 3 months. I saw a dietitian last week and she said she doesn't think my symptoms are IBS but fat malabsorption (so bile acid malabsorption)! I'm waiting for another appointment at the hospital with a consultant currently. So, maybe you were right?! :)