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I have been struggling with my bowel issues for a year. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I have been struggling with my bowel issues for past one year. First, I have gas which makes me uncomfortable. In the morning, my gas continues, leading to diarrhea or constipation, and this excretion leads to hemorrhoids. The symptoms sometimes disappear for about one or two weeks. I ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for your query. You are suffering from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). This condition is due to anxiety which causes digestive problems via the gut-brain axis. Also, it is not necessary that you need to be under stress to get this disease. There are many d... Read Full »
I have been suffering from severe loose motions for the last two days. Kindly suggest a treatment.
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 29-year-old and have been suffering from severe loose motion for the last two days. I excrete whatever I eat. Kindly help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Kindly answer some questions so I can reach a diagnosis and start treatment. Since when are you experiencing these problems? What is the stools' amount, duration, frequency, and consistency? Any history of eating food from unhealthy sources in the past 48 hours? Is a... Read Full »
Can a virus cause my nausea and diarrhea when RAT is negative?
Query: Hello doctor, I think I have a virus that is giving me nausea and diarrhea. I have been experiencing this in the last 24 hours, and I am not feeling like eating or drinking anything. I have had headaches, a runny nose, and a sore throat. I am female, 56-years-old, my height is 5.09 feet, and my weig... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your concern in detail and will surely help you out. You have got an acute infection in your stomach, known as acute gastroenteritis. This is very common at this time of year when summers are coming up. I suggest the following medications, and you will ... Read Full »
My stool has brown mucus and rounded, white material. Should I be worried?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 27-year-old female. My weight is 216.05 Ibs. I have diarrhea that started three days ago. Now, my stool has some brown mucus and white rounded material. Please help me out. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your query in detail and understand your concern. You have acquired an active infection of the intestines called acute gastroenteritis. The brown mucus and white material are the pus cells of the infection. They indicate that there is an infection in ... Read Full »
I have had diarrhea, after which I started having severe back and stomach pain. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I have had diarrhea, after which I started to have severe back and stomach pain. What could be the reason? Kindly help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Both abdominal and back pain can occur in diarrhea due to muscle spasms. As inflammation goes on, it causes the release of toxic products, which cause muscles to go into spasms leading to pain. But about diarrhea, I would like to ask some qu... Read Full »
My diarrhea disappeared after I started taking a gluten-free diet. Do I have gluten sensitivity?
Query: Hello doctor,I have been suffering from chronic diarrhea for four years, so I am underweight. I have got a stool test for calprotectin and a test for CRP level. Both are normal. I have also tested for anti-tTG-IgA, which is negative, and normal serum IgA.Now I have stopped taking gluten-containing f... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your concern in detail and will surely help you out. Since you have responded to a gluten-free diet, I will strongly keep the possibility of coeliac disease in your case. In any other illness, a gluten-free diet does not improve diarrhea. Anti-tTG (anti-... Read Full »