Hello doctor,
I am contacting you regarding my bowel issues. About five years ago, I began taking moderate to high doses of Magnesium to ease my heart palpitations. This caused my stools to be very loose and easy to pass. I would normally have 2 to 3 bowel movements a day. Beginning last year, I started to experience persistent bloating. Now, I have bloating, nausea, and excessive gas. I have recently stopped taking the Magnesium to see if this helps. But now, I am unable to have consistent bowel movements without Magnesium. I usually have to strain very hard for little amounts of stool. I feel ill and lose my appetite if I eat too much or too little. It feels like the stool is sitting inside me and bubbling. I already include a lot of fiber in my diet, but eating too much fiber also makes it difficult to pass stool.
I have got a lot of tests done this year. I was having small amounts of bright red rectal bleeding on the toilet paper. On doing a colonoscopy, the results were normal, but a small hemorrhoid was found. I occasionally still get the same type of rectal bleeding. The abdominal and pelvic CT scan came negative, but large amounts of stool were found in my ascending colon. The pelvic MRI results were also negative, but large amounts of stool were found in my sigmoid colon and cecum. The diagnostic laparoscopy to check for endometriosis came back negative too. Do you think that I may have developed an unintentional laxative dependency from the Magnesium, which may be contributing to my symptoms? Thank you.
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Magnesium dependency looks unlikely.
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Hi doctor,
Thank you so much for your reply. I am a little worried. Could this be anything more sinister than IBS, such as appendix cancer? I read that could cause bloating as well. Or would that have been picked up by the diagnostic tests? I have a loss of appetite, and I feel full very early. Is this also consistent with constipation-predominant IBS? I have tried Miralax earlier, but I passed very little stools. I have attached all my MRI reports. Thanks again. I really appreciate it.
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I have seen the MRI reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity). It is definitely not cancer. The images show the presence of stools in the intestine, implying constipation.
Give me regular updates. Losing follow-up leads to recurrence of the problem. Have a nice day.
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Hello doctor,
Thank you so much. I will try doing that. Just for clarification, would both the CT scan and MRI pick up something of concern or only the MRI? The laparoscopy did see my appendix, and it did not look inflamed.
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Have a great day.
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Hello doctor,
Thank you for replying. Alright, I will pick up the laxative from the store. My CT scan and MRI did not specifically mention my appendix, but they could see my cecum in the MRI and large intestine in the CT scan. Would it still have picked up an appendix tumor if it could see these regions? Thank you again.
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Please feel free to contact me at any time. Have a great day.
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