Hiya, please make sure you push and push until you are taken seriously. My brother was 29 last month. A year and a half ago, at the age of, 27,he was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer, after months and monthsof being fobbedoff by his age at the gp. He got rushed to a and e, where they found two tumors, and that it had spread to his lungs. YOU ARE NEVER TO YOUNG FOR ANY TYPE OF Cancer, I don't want to worry you, but it can and unfortunately does happen. Fingers crossed for you. 

i am 38 yr old male have been having these symptoms for the best part of 4 month sometimes so bad ive ended up at AandE quite a few times literally struggling to walk somedays, hurrendous pain confused, dizzy, nausea indegestion heartburn slight jaundice in corner of the eyes there isnt really a sympom i have not had over the course of the past 4 months to be honest  it really has been a test of my resiliance to keep going and pushing for answers and my persistance paid off i have now had both an endoscopy and colonoscopy both clear although they did take some biopsys which i am waiting for results for all good news but it doesnt magically make your symptoms disappear does it im also waiting for the results of a CT Scan i really wouldnt worry chances are these will all come back clear for you aswell my smyptoms have been terrible but thus far all clear 

i am 38 yr old male have been having these symptoms for the best part of 4 month sometimes so bad ive ended up at AandE quite a few times literally struggling to walk somedays, hurrendous pain confused, dizzy, nausea indegestion heartburn slight jaundice in corner of the eyes there isnt really a sympom i have not had over the course of the past 4 months to be honest  it really has been a test of my resiliance to keep going and pushing for answers and my persistance paid off i have now had both an endoscopy and colonoscopy both clear although they did take some biopsys which i am waiting for results for all good news but it doesnt magically make your symptoms disappear does it im also waiting for the results of a CT Scan i really wouldnt worry chances are these will all come back clear for you aswell my smyptoms have been terrible but thus far all clear 

Hi worriedlonesome.

I'm not a doctor and I have no medical qualifications.

I've read your other post where you dismiss the idea of IBS, because you think your symptoms are too severe.  You might be right that it's not IBS and eliminating every other possibility is the right thing to do. However, when your doctors do eliminate other possibilities, then you should consider IBS very carefully.

I've been a sufferer of IBS for over 40 years; sometimes the symptoms are mild, but sometimes they're very severe and painful.  There are many other people who suffer badly with IBS. In my time I've had pretty much everything you describe.  I found antispasmodics (Mebeverine) useful, plus Immodium for diarrhoea, plus Aloe Vera juice, but none of these has fixed my problem, although they've all been useful.

When the doctors have eliminated everything else then I suggest you should look at something called the FODMAP diet (or FODMAP protocol).  The protocol tries to control IBS by finding which particular food groups are triggering your symptoms, then helping you eliminate them from your diet.  In my own case, I discovered that I'm highly sensitive to mushrooms and beans (which is a pity because I really like a traditional English breakfast), plus some slight sensitivity to lactose.  (These are my triggers, and they're unlikely to be yours).  By cutting out mushroom and beans, plus reducing dairy and replacing by almond milk, my symptoms have greatly reduced.  In fact, I don't think about them any more and they no longer rule my life.

When you feel ready, I suggest you talk to your doctor about being referred to a dietician with a view to commencing the FODMAP protocol.  I won't lie - it's hard work, particularly at the beginning. But it worked for me and it might work for you.  I wouldn't recommend you try it on your own - it's just too complicated.  I also wouldn't recommend randomly cutting out certain foods in the hope you find a trigger - that's unlikely to work if you don't understand the food groupings.  

I hope you find an answer.