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Negative colonoscopy now not sure what to do :(

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Hi

I am very lucky to have received negative results for a colonoscopy that I had a couple of weeks ago which I am so relieved about!! Now I don't know what to do. The doctors aren't being much use and I still have ongoing symptoms. I have abdominal discomfort and bloating, blood when passing stool and this has been going on for a long time. My heart is also having episodes of racing but I wonder if this is due to stress and anxiety.

I was hoping someone could help me and offer some advice please. 

Thank you in advance x

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    Hi Worried_36.  Welcome to the forum.

    It's great you've had a clear colonoscopy, but I can see how it's left you up in the air.

    I am not a doctor and I have no medical qualifications, so whatever I suggest here you need to discuss with your doctor (or A doctor, if you don't trust your GP).

    I suggest you need to talk your doctor about the possibility you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).  IBS can cause all the symptoms you mention, although it doesn't explain the blood so you need to find another explanation for that.  

    IBS is usually diagnosed once everything else has been eliminated. It might respond to some treatments and not others.  This means that you can't assume you don't have IBS because you don't respond to the GP's first choice of medication.

    IBS is usually made worse by stress - and of course the symptoms of IBS can be very stressful themselves, making a vicious circle of worsening symptoms and increasing stress.

    I've probably said too much already.  I don't know if IBS is causing your symptoms.  Time for you to return to your GP and have a discussion about where you go from here. 

    Please let us know how you get on.  Your feedback helps us to improve our answers.

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    Hi Worried_36.  Welcome to the forum.

    It's great you've had a clear colonoscopy, but I can see how it's left you up in the air.

    I am not a doctor and I have no medical qualifications, so whatever I suggest here you need to discuss with your doctor (or A doctor, if you don't trust your GP).

    I suggest you need to talk your doctor about the possibility you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).  IBS can cause all the symptoms you mention, although it doesn't explain the blood so you need to find another explanation for that.  

    IBS is usually diagnosed once everything else has been eliminated. It might respond to some treatments and not others.  This means that you can't assume you don't have IBS because you don't respond to the GP's first choice of medication.

    IBS is usually made worse by stress - and of course the symptoms of IBS can be very stressful themselves, making a vicious circle of worsening symptoms and increasing stress.

    I've probably said too much already.  I don't know if IBS is causing your symptoms.  Time for you to return to your GP and have a discussion about where you go from here. 

    Please let us know how you get on.  Your feedback helps us to improve our answers.

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