Hi,

For anyone who comes across this thread via a search (as l did), just wanted to add l had identical symptoms and feared something significant. 

I got a referral from.the GP after changes in bowel habit and what l suspected was a tiny amount of blood in the stool but aside from that it was mainly bowel gurgitation with loud noises - sometimes even in the middle of the night.. This started last November with the suspected blood happening 3 weeks ago. 

I am very active and generally in good health so began to worry and secured the GP referral for a colonoscopy.. This took place today and l came through ok - nothing detected. My GP was confident they would not find anything but it has given me peace of mind. 

It is always worth getting checked out and this thread was a great help so l wanted to post. The cause of my noisy colon still isn't clear - perhaps IBS but l am going to try probiotics to see how that goes. 

Good luck to everyone. 

That's great to hear! Once my tests came back ok I took probiotics and it fixed the gurgling and digestion issues. I'm still not sure what caused it but it happened again last September, probiotics for 2 weeks and fixed. I'm not saying that this will work for everyone but it does for me. 

That's great to hear! Once my tests came back ok I took probiotics and it fixed the gurgling and digestion issues. I'm still not sure what caused it but it happened again last September, probiotics for 2 weeks and fixed. I'm not saying that this will work for everyone but it does for me. 

I might follow up with my GP as l got stepped down with the colonoscopy result so l doubt l''ll be contacted by my health centre for options from here .

There are quite a few sites on  probiotics to try different things. Symprove seems to have the best reputation. PM me if you can recommend what worked for you. 

Conscious this is a cancer forum so will leave it here. 

Align is the probiotic that I used. 

Thanks l will look it up. Strangely it has settled since the colonoscopy but it has taken a few days for my bowels to move waste through again. .I stil can't believe how hard the second litre of Moviprep was to get down - had me retching. 

One other thing l have used is deep breathing techniques to relax the colon spasms by breathing more through the abdomen than chest. This is recommended for IBS. 

There is definitely an element of anxiety when you're concerned what is going on in there which can compound it with the stomach agitation.