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ImranM
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Hi,

I am 39 Y.O male i have been suffering IBS like symptoms for years now but for last one year or so i had started to have sharp pain in my stomech its like sharp stabbing pain on upper left upper right lower left lower right and dark poop filled of mucus and gerd like symptoms acid reflux and heart burn

I consulted a gestrologist who asked blood test for TSH and vitamin D with stool test the stool test and tsh came back normal and vit D found low he suggested me empules of vit D but symtopms never improved upon visiting him again he suggested colonoscopy and endoscopy with biopsies every thing came back normal but the biopsy of esophagus and stomach junction found an h-pylori like enzime and a miner erosion / ulceration on same point. The doctore suggested me medicine for IBS, traveller dirrehea and some antibiotics... But after 3 months i have same IBS symptoms (miner) and dark paches in stool.

Note: i am a frequent traveler and travel by air quite often an i noticed more darker stoole after every flight and i strted to feel very sick after i guite a 20years old heavy smoking habit on dec 2018

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    Hi ImranM. Welcome to the forum.

    I'm not a doctor, but I have suffered from IBS for many years.

    It seems to me that your doctor has covered all the bases and more, and given your age cancer is unlikely. 

    So, I think the real question is why are you suffering from IBS symptoms, and I think the obvious answer is that you have IBS.   I know from personal experience that IBS meds don't work for everybody, or they work for a while and then stop working. 

    I suggest you return to your doctor and ask whether or not a proton-pump inhibitor might be useful for your upper digestive tract symptoms.  You don't want to be on these for too long at your age, so just a short course.  Also, ask for a referral to a dietician who can advise you on diet; if the doctor and dietician agree that IBS is the root cause of your symptoms, then ask the dietician to help you go on a "FODMAP" diet to find out whether any particular foods are triggering your IBS. 

    Can I also warn you that all these suggestions MUST be agreed with your doctor.  I have no qualifications and I don't want you to self-medicate based on my very limited knowledge.  Don't buy PPIs on the internet without a proper prescription and don't try to put yourself on a FODMAP diet without medical guidance. 

     

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