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 - 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'm a 34 year old man I've been having problems since November it started with piles and a small amount of blood after going to the .I then noticed my upper abdomen started getting hard and swollen. Have had a colonoscopy and nothing was found. Recently had vision and hearing problems plus numbness and tingling in my arms, hand, legs, and feet.ive also been getting chest pain and pain in my thought but not all the time .Am waiting for a scan on my abdomen. Really scared all the time 

Hi Luke, 

I hope you are doing well ! 
 

I was just reading  your post and it got me worried , latley I have grumbling noises all over my tummy , nausea and pain on the right side of abdomen. What got me worried is that i have more pain when I lye on my right side . Where about was your pain ? Close to the belly button or farther down to the right close to the flank ? How did your pain feel like ? 
 

Many thanks 
 

Best wishes, 

Julia 

Hi Luke, 

I hope you are doing well ! 
 

I was just reading  your post and it got me worried , latley I have grumbling noises all over my tummy , nausea and pain on the right side of abdomen. What got me worried is that i have more pain when I lye on my right side . Where about was your pain ? Close to the belly button or farther down to the right close to the flank ? How did your pain feel like ? 
 

Many thanks 
 

Best wishes, 

Julia 

Sorry for the late reply - I continue to be well.

Pain was just above and just to the right of my belly button, which I felt as a 'deep' pain when lying on my side at night.

The real give away should have been the persistently loose and frequent stools. The grumbling from my tummy could be very loud after eating and I learnt not to book business appointments 1st thing or just after lunch knowing that I would likely need the loo/be grumbling.

I don't recall nausea ever being an issue for me. 

I hope your issues are diagnosed and resolved.