Analysis of Answers to Queries among Anonymous Users with Gastroenterological Problems on an Internet Forum

Internet forums are an attractive source of health-related information. We aimed to investigate threads in the gastroenterological section of a popular Polish medical forum for anonymous users. We characterised the following aspects in threads: the main problem of the original poster, declared ailments and rationale of the responses (rational, neutral, harmful or not related to the problem of the original poster). We analysed over 2717 forum threads initiated in the years 2010–2018. Users mostly asked for diagnosis of the problem [1814 (66.8%)], treatment [1056 (38.9%)] and diagnostic interpretation [308 (11.3%)]. The most commonly declared symptoms were abdominal pain [1046 (38.5%)], diarrhea [454 (16.7%)] and bloating [354 (13.0%)]. Alarm symptoms were mentioned in 309 (11.4%) threads. From the total 3550 responses, 1257 (35.4%) were assessed as rational, 693 (19.5%) as neutral, 157 (4.4%) as harmful and 1440 (40.6%) as not related to the user’s problem. The original poster’s declaration of blood in stool, dyspepsia, pain in the abdominal right lower quadrant, weight loss or inflammatory bowel disease was positively related to obtaining at least one potentially harmful response. Advice from anonymous users on Internet forums may be irrational and disregards alarm symptoms, which can delay the diagnosis of life-threatening diseases.


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Abdominal pain Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of pain between the chest and pelvic region but no solely involving back.

Diarrhoea
Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of loose or liquid bowel movements per day or at least three times defecation per day 3. Bloating Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of feeling a full, tight or distended abdomen.

Nausea
Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of the unpleasant feeling of an urge to vomit.

Constipation
Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of less than one stool per week or feeling of difficulty defecation requiring manual maneuvers to empty the rectum.

Flatulence
Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of unpleasant and frequent gas passage through the anus.

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Intestinal rumbling Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of embarrassing sounds from abdomen such as growling, gurgling, rumbling.

Fatigue
Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of mental or physical exertion.

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Blood in stool Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of reddened toilet paper or underwear or presence of tarry stool.

Vomit
Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of involuntary, forceful expulsion of the stomach content through the mouth or the nose.

Heartburn
Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of burning sensation in the chest or acid regurgitation to the oral cavity.

Belching
Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of recurrent emitting gas from the gastrointestinal tract through the mouth.

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Rectal or anal pain Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of pain or recurrent discomfort of the lower portion of the gastrointestinal tract which intensifies during anal receptive intercourse or defecation. 14.
Weight loss Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of unintended weight loss more than 5% of weight during the last three months or more than 10% during the last six months.

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Loss of appetite Literally typed name or a synonym of the symptoms, or description of the loss of desire to eat the meals that previously were tasty for the user.  Od okolo 3 miesiecy mam problemy zoladkowe. Mam wzdecia z wiatrami, mdlosci zaparcia, bóle w dołku podsercowym, a ostatnio pojawiły się silne bóle żeber po obu stronach. Towarzysza mi dziwne odgłosy w jelitach -bulgotanie i nieustające bóle i zawroty głowy. Zauwazylam takze spadek wagi ok.5 kg zauwazylam takze dwukrotnie krew w stolcu, byla to swieza krew o barwie jasno-czerwonej, ktora zauwazylam na papierze toaletowym... morfologie mam w porzadku, badania moczu takze, proby watrobowe i trzustkowe tez, badanie gastroskopowe tez nic nie wykazalo ,,prosze pomozcie !!! Initial post (OP) I have had stomach problems for about 3 months. I have flatulence, nausea, constipation, chest pain and recently I have been feeling severe pain in the ribs on both sides. I have strange noises in my gutgurgling and constant headaches and dizziness. I also noticed a weight loss of about 5 kg. I also found the blood in the stool twice. It was fresh blood with a light red color, which I noticed on toilet paper. I performed full blood count and it was alright, as well as urine tests, liver, and pancreatic tests. Gastroscopy didn't show any abnormalities too. Please help !!! If that matters, my stool is alternately dark (almost black) and light brown or yellow)

SubOP2
Fresh red blood may be associated with anal skin irritation with toilet paper or the presence of hemorrhoids. However, this complaint is unique rare at your age. These symptoms can affect a young person also in inflammatory bowel disease. Perhaps, you should perform a colonoscopy, but I don't know if it makes sense to bother you with this test -the doctor who commissioned other tests should decide. Maybe your problems are a symptom of so-called functional gastrointestinal disorders such as sensitive bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia and are associated with stress. Best regards OP4 (OP update) lekarz, ktory zlecal mi badania oddal mi wszystkie wyniki i kazal zglosic sie do poradni gastrologicznej ... a ja nie wiem juz co z tymi dolegliwosciami zrobic....

OP4 (OP update)
The doctor who ordered the tests gave me all the lab results and told me to go to the gastrological clinic. I don't know what to do with my ailments.

SubOP3
As the doctor recommends, the only way out is to go to a gastroenterology clinic to search for the cause of the problem. Until then, it is worth ensuring a proper diet and regular consumption of meals at fixed In this case, OP presented some gastrointestinal problems such as flatulence, nausea, constipation, intestinal rumbling, alternately diarrhea and constipation, bloody stool with mucus as well as the pain of the chest, head and in addition, dizziness with weight loss. Tests performed by OP did not show any abnormalities.
Responders asked the OP for more information about his symptoms. Firstly, subOPs recommended seeing a gastroenterologist, and secondly, changing diet or reducing stress. Furthermore, other forum members looked for help by writing about their problems which were similar to those that the OP's had, but they did not find an answer.
This example presents a typical post concerning gastrointestinal problems where the OP is just given the advice to go to see a doctor. This recommendation is rational because the differentiation of this condition should be done by a professional.

SubOP1
You must undergo antibiotic treatment and additionally use drugs from the group of proton pump inhibitors. Treatment with the proton pump inhibitors may be long-lasting, but the symptoms should disappear quickly. You will definitely have to repeat the gastroscopy (in 3-6 months). The doctor performing the test does not provide information on the results of the examination, because you should be informed about it during the consultation, not a diagnostic examination. OP -original poster, subOP -suboriginal poster In this example, the OP asked about the interpretation of the result of gastroscopy. The OP knew that he should have visited the specialist but he wanted to know if his problem is serious. Forum member explained that he has to start the treatment, as well as that he has to perform follow-up gastroscopy. The OP was also informed why the doctor performing the test, did not give any information about the results. This tip seems to be somewhat rational. SubOP described the most important treatment -the eradication of H. pylori. However, repeated gastroscopy is unnecessary unlike in peptic ulcers in the stomach. Moreover, the subOP did not provide any information on lifestyle.
This short example presents using the forum to get diagnostic interpretation before consultation with the professional and the risk of misleading information. The OP may be confused by two different opinions on follow-up gastroscopy. We hope that the specialist authority restrains the user from the unnecessary procedure. Zapalenie wrzodziejace jelita grubegobo o nim tutaj mowa -jest chorobą przewlekłą i jej przebieg jest sprawą bardzo indywidualna. Choroba mozė przebiegać bardzo łagodnie lub, co jest rzadkie w naszej szerokości geograficznej i u Polaków -bardzo burzliwie, do stanów zagrazȧjacych zẏciu włacznie. Zwykle pierwsze lata choroby są najgorsze, tak jak Pani opisuje -biegunka, krew w stolcu, później -najcześciej choroba się "wycisza" i przeplatana jest okresami SubOP 2 Colitis ulcerosa -because we are talking about it here -is a chronic disease and its course is a very individual. The disease can be very mild or, which is rare in our latitude and in Poles -very stormy, including life-threatening conditions. Usually, the first years of illness are the worst, as you describe -diarrhea, blood in the stool, later -most often the disease "calms down" with alternated periods of malaise or recurrence of symptoms. You will have to use medicines, probably gorszego samopoczucia lub nawrotu objawów. Leki bedzie musiała Pani stosować przez czas nieokreślony, prawdopodobnie bez przerwy do końca zẏcia. W okresach zaostrzeń -biegunek z krwią stosuje się mesalazynę ASAMAX 2 tabletki 3 razy na dobe, jezėli to nie wystarcza -dodatkowo sterydy lub leki immunosupresyjne. W okresie remisji ASAMAX od 3 do 4 tabletek na dobe. Koszt tego leczenia obecnie nie jest taki duzẏ (leki są refundowane, z odpłatnością ryczałtowa). Kontrolne kolonoskopie raz na kilka lat (o ile nie wystapią dodatkowe objawy), a po 10 latach trwania choroby -raz na rok, kazḋorazowo z pobraniem wycinków. Młody wiek w przypadku tej choroby potwierdza diagnoze. Podczas kolonoskopii powinni pobrać Pani wycinki do badań hist.-pat. (procedura standardowa).Jezėli tego nie zrobilipopełnili bład w sztuce. without interruption for the rest of your life. During periods of exacerbationdiarrhea with blood, 2 tablets of mesalazine -ASAMAX 3 times a day should be used, if this is not enoughadditionally steroids or immunosuppressants. During the remission period, 3 to 4 tablets of ASAMAX should be taken a day. The cost of this treatment is not so high at the moment (medicines are reimbursed with a flat-rate fee). Control colonoscopies every few years (unless additional symptoms occur), and after 10 years of illness -once a year, each time with biopsy. The young age for this disease confirms the diagnosis. During a colonoscopy, samples for the histopathological examination should be collected. (standard procedure). If they did not do it -it was medical malpractice.

OP2 (OP update)
Thank you very much for the answers. The biopsy was performed and the diagnosis was received -chronic inflammatory bowel disease. With the results, I came to my surgeon, because he ordered a colonoscopy (because he did not find hemorrhoids, and the blood was / still is in the anal area). Now, the other doctor (proctologist) ordered another colonoscopy. Is it right?

SubOP3
A gastroenterologist deals with inflammatory bowel disease, so you should be referred to a gastroenterologist, even if the inflammatory bowel lesions are limited zė w cześci przypadków choroba mozė się szerzyć na całe jelito grube, a proktolog właściwie zajmuje się tylko odbytnica.
to the rectum -because in some cases the disease can spread to the entire large intestine, and the proctologist actually only deals with the rectum.

OP3 (OP update)
I was given such a referral by a surgeon. He said, that the proctologist is adequate to these matters ... Unfortunately, I do not know all this. I understand that nonspecific inflammatory bowel lesions must be treated and must not be underestimated, because the doctor didn't tell me about it openly ... So really, the proctological appointment will not give me anything?

OP 4 (OP update)
Anyway, once again I want to say VERY thank you for the information, it is very helpful for me because so far no doctor has made an effort to explain anything to me.

OP -original poster, subOP -suboriginal poster
The main problem of the OP was alternate constipation and diarrhea with blood in the stool. Additionally, the colonoscopy showed chronic non-specific intestine inflammation. The OP was also referred to as a proctologist by the surgeon and considers if it was a good decision. The responders explained that the result of colonoscopy pointed to the diagnosis of colitis ulcerosa and described the disease. They also proposed visiting a gastroenterologist instead of a proctologist and told about possibilities of the treatment with mesalazine, steroids or immunosuppressive drugs. These tips were very detailed and concerned even the dosage. This case showed that the medical forum can clarify some issues about the serious disease. Nonetheless, information about drug dosage should be given only by a specialist and can cause confusion when it is communicated by a random, probably non-qualified person. Burczenie w brzuchu zwiazane jest z przemieszczaniem się znajdujacych się w jelitach gazów. Zwiekszona ilość gazów powstaje, gdy ktoś spozẏwa pewne pokarmy -znane jest działanie w tym wzgledzie cebuli, fasoli czy grochu, ale nie kazḋy wie, zė ilość gazów mozė ulegać zwiekszeniu u osób spozẏwajacych duzą̇ ilość batonów oraz innych słodyczy. Zwiekszenie gazów mozė również wystapić u osób, które duzȯ mówią SubOP 4 The intestinal rumbling is associated with the movement of gases in the intestines. An increased volume of gas is created when someone eats certain foods -the action of onions, beans or peas is well known, but not everyone knows that the amount of gas can be increased in people consuming a large number of bars and other sweets. Increased gas volume can also occur in people who talk a lot while eating or eat quickly -in these cases, involuntary air swallowing podczas jedzenia lub szybko jedządochodzi w takich przypadkach do mimowolnego połykania powietrza. Rada na zmniejszenie burczenia jest nastepujaca -jeść powoli, w miarę mozliwości ograniczać rozmowe, unikać słodyczy, spozẏwać duzȯ warzyw i owoców. Spozẏwanie warzyw i owoców zwieksza ilość błonnika w przewodzie pokarmowym, a to z kolei daje lepsze wypełnienie treścią pokarmowa i chroni przed wystepowaniem gazów. Jezėli oprócz burczenia w brzuchu miewasz wzdecia, zaparcia lub biegunki -mozliwe, zė cierpisz na nadwrazliwe jelito. Wtedy konieczna jest zmiana diety, ponieważ z tym schorzeniem same leki sobie nie poradza.
occurs. The advice on reducing grumbling is -eat slowly, limit talking as much as possible while eating, avoid sweets, eat lots of vegetables and fruits. Eating fruit and vegetables increases the amount of fiber in the digestive tract, which gives better gastrointestinal content and prevents gas formation. If you have bloating, constipation or diarrhea in addition to your stomach rumbling -you may have an irritable bowel syndrome. Then, it is necessary to change the diet, because, in this disease, drugs are not enough.
SubOP 5 My stomach is rumbling too. I follow a diet and do not eat sugar and bloating products and nothing helps. I visited a gastroenterologist. He prescribed xifaxan, and after that, I had the trots. It helps me when I eat garlic for the night. So, probably this ailment is caused by some bacteria. Does anyone have any idea? SubOP 6 Pomaga ci siemię lniane? Bo mi tak, ale tymczasowo. Ono chyba pomaga zregenerować błonę śluzową zȯładka, jeszcze słyszałem coś o dobrym działaniu naparu z tataraku. Ale sam mam z tym kłopoty i nie wiem jak to całkowicie wyleczyć na dłuzṡzy okres. Cały czas poszukuję rozwiazania SubOP 6 Does linseed help you? Because it helps me, but only temporarily. It probably helps regenerate the gastric mucosa, I have heard something about the good effect of the calamus brew. But I'm in trouble and I don't know how to cure my ailment for a long time. I am still looking for a solution.
OP Len -trochę pomaga. Ja nie mam biegunek czy zaparć. Nic mnie nie boli. Po prostu burczy mi w brzuchu. Spróbuję jeszcze cynamonu a jak nie to wracam do OP Linseed -it helps a little. I don't have diarrhea or constipation. Nothing hurts me. I have just intestinal rumbling. I will try out the cinnamon and if it doesn't help, I will xifaxanu. Wydaj mi sie, zė przyczyną są bakterie albo jakieś inne świństwo / Gastrolog mówił mi zė trzeba kilka razy powtórzyć kurację antybiotykową take xifaxan again. It seems to me that the cause is bacteria or some other bloody thing / Gastroenterologist told me that I have to repeat the antibiotic treatment several times SubOP 7 wszyscy mają prawie to samo, tyle ludzi to czyta, czy nikt nie wie jak temu zaradzić?
SubOP 7 Everybody has almost the same problem, so many people read it, does nobody know how to deal with it?
SubOP 8 3 razy dziennie łyzėczka cynamonu, zȧdnych surowych warzyw i smazȯnego. Narazie jest ok SubOP 8 3 times a day I eat a teaspoon of cinnamon. I don't eat any vegetables and I don't fry anything. It's okay so far.
SubOP 9 na burczenie doostałem od lekarza duspatalin retard i po 2 tabletkach jest poprawa. Podobno ja ekest trzeba czekać dopiero 7 dni ale na razie SubOP 9 for the intestinal rumbling, my doctor prescribed me duspatalin retard and after 2 tablets there is an improvement. People say that for the effect I have to wait 7 days, but for now

SubOP 10
Now, when I wake up to school instead of at 6.30 I get up earlier (e.g. 5.30) and eat something ;P later, I feel much better, it doesn't even rumble so loudly in my stomach, maybe a little, but minimally. I also chew mint chewing gum and try to drink something before leaving: yogurt, water, etc.) SubOP 11 "Miałem srake" mnie rozwaliło.

SubOP 13
Doing sit-ups also help to get rid of air from the digestive system. In addition, if you have a stable lifestyle, you should keep espumisan around. And water, a lot of water.

SubOP 14
My stomach rumbles too. I follow a diet and do not eat sugar and bloating products and it still doesn't help. I visited a gastroenterologist. He prescribed me xifaxan after that I had the trots. It helps me when I eat garlic for the night. So probably this ailment is caused by some bacteria. Does anyone have any idea? My husband has kidney cancer with lymph node metastases. Treated for depression, hydronephrosis he got above-mentioned cancer. At the moment there is no chance for survival. He weighs 58 kg with a height of 186 cm. He eats very little and it rumbles constantly in his intestines. I don't know what's going on, but I'm waiting for a visit to the [Medical] Academy, maybe I will learn something there, although the last days and the shock that I experienced visiting subsequent hospitals has deprived me of any illusions that finally someone will take care of a man who has worked diligently 50 years and needs help, and is treated worse like an animal. The fact that we should have "the only 1m of earth above us" I feel in every health care unit. That's a small thing that I wrote because I could zdrowia i zero wizyt u lekarzy... write at least a book. Best regards and good health and zero visits to doctors...

SubOP 15
A mi zawsze burczalo w brzuchu na spotkaniach, na lekcjach jak leze w lozku i nic. Ale 'mam srake' hahah SubOP 15 My stomach always rumbles when I have meetings, during classes when I lay in bed and nothing. 'I have the trots' hahah SubOP 16 ceszcie sie mi nie burczy wcale i tylko proplemy mam z zaparciami brakiem energi itd SubOP 16 All of you should be happy. I don't have any problem with stomach rumbling but with constipation, the lack of energy, etc.

SubOP 17
Piszę ponieważ wiem jaki to problem mieć chory układ pokarmowy i zė lekarze to ignoruja i zawsze tłumacza zepołem jelita wrazliwego. Rok temu miałam straszne problemy ze wzeciami, nadmiernym odawaniem gazów i biegunkami :-( było to straszne! Po wizyach u rózṅych lekarzy, których zaleceniem była zmiana diety i wiecej sportu postanowiłam sama szukać przyczyny moich dolegliwosci, bo były tak uporczywe, zė wstydziłam się spotykać ze znajomymi :-( po serii rózṅych badań, które zrobiłam prywatnie na własny koszt znalazłam arykuł o przeroscie flory bakteryjnej jeli i znowu ... szukanie gdzie mozṅa zrobić badania ... Całe szczescie udalo sie, zrobiłam wodorowy test oddechowy i wyszedł mi znaczny przerost flory bakteryjne jelit. Po roku szukania przyczyn znalazłam ja sama i tym razem poszłam już z gotowa diagnoza do lekarza (prywatnie oczywiscie bo wizyte z nfz mialabym za 8m-cy). Dostalam antybiotyk na wyzerowanie flory bakteryjnej, kosztowal nie malo ale oplacalo sie. Po 4 miesiacach jest lepiej (moge bez stresu SubOP 17 I write it because I know what a problem it is to have a sick digestive system and that doctors ignore it and always blame everything on the irritable bowel syndrome. A year ago I had terrible problems with bloating, excessive intestinal gases and diarrhea :-( it was terrible! After visits to various doctors whose recommendation was to change my diet and to have more sports, I decided to look for the cause of my ailments by myself, because my problems were so persistent that I was ashamed to meet with friends :-( after a series of various tests that I did privately at my own expense, I found an article about the small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and then ... I was looking at where can I do the tests ... I was lucky enough to do a hydrogen breath test and it turned out that I have a significant overgrowth of bacterial flora in the intestine. After a year of searching for the causes, I found it and this time I saw the doctor with my diagnosis (privately, of course, because for the visit financed by public health insurance, I would wait for 8 months). After 4 months I feel better (I can meet people spotykac sie z ludzmi) chociaz nie tak jak kiedys :-(. POWODZENIA! Mam nadzieje, zė mozė komus pomogłam:-) without stress) although it is not like it used to be :-(. GOOD LUCK! I hope that maybe I helped someone :-)

SubOP 18
Tak jak już zostało wspomniane wyzėjczesto przyczyną jest coś innego niż zwykły głód, warto zadbać o równowagę flory bakteryjnej jelit. Na poczatek najlepiej spróbować zrównowazẏć przyjmowane posiłki, jeść regularnie ale w małych ilościach -czesto burczy w brzuchu, bo ktoś skrupulatnie trzyma się trzech dawek dziennie o 8 rano, 13 i 18. Wtedy w przerwach nietrudno zgłodnieć, lepiej rozłozẏć sobie zẏwienie na 5 dawek dziennych i problem znika SubOP 18 As it was already mentioned above -often the reason is something other than just hunger, it is worth ensuring that intestinal bacterial flora is in balance. In the beginning, it's best to try to balance your meals, eat regularly, but in small quantitiesyour stomach often growls, because someone scrupulously eats three times a day at 8 am, 1 pm and 6 pm. Then, during breaks, it is not difficult to get hungry, it is better to eat 5 smaller portions daily and the problem disappears

SubOP 19
Linseed -it helps a little. I don't have diarrhea or constipation. Nothing hurts me. I have just intestinal rumbling. I will try cinnamon and if it doesn't help, I will take xifaxan again. It seems to me that the cause is bacteria or some other bloody thing / Gastroenterologist told me that I have to repeat the antibiotic treatment several times, can I have parasites?

SubOP 20
I have a similar problem, like everyone here. However, the most stubborn rumblings I have when I lye down. So far, it was enough that I laid on my side and it stopped rumbling. Now, nothing helps anymore;c. It happens that I pump a lot and then I get stomach cramps (quite painful). I have no idea what I can do to avoid being ashamed of sleeping with my boyfriend.
because.. Will I live with him and run to another room every night? I don't drink carbonated or non-carbonated colored drinks, only water, coffee, teas for digestion almost every day and possibly juice, but this is rare. I don't eat in McDonald's, I eat no fast food or fried things, I avoid peas and onions and any different food like that. I try not to overeat, even though I have a bit of appetite because then I am dead because of a stomach ache. Do you have any advice? Advice, that could allow me to sit back in a quiet room with my boyfriend? To go to a meeting with a client because now I work in the office again … or to go to lectures without panic and stress? To live like OTHERS, without stress, rumbling, stomach ache .... sometimes I have a great stomach ache to penetrate, squeezing and I go to the toilet to plop, horrible ... sometimes I have a kind of intestinal flu, which is not flu but maybe it's irritable bowel syndrome.. I don't know what to do anymore, I'm a big bundle of nerves.

SubOP 22
ja nie mam zȧdnego rozwolnienia, ani zȧdnych bólów brzucha, za to właśnie to przelewanie się i burczenie doskwiera mi o kazḋej porze dnia. I to nie jest z głodu, ponieważ najcześciej pojawia się chwilę po zjedzeniu albo wypiciu czegoś. Ten problem mam już od roku, zauwazẏłam, zė pojawił się przy zmianie diety, ale gdy wróciłam do starego zwyczaju zẏwieniowego problem nie zniknał. Jedna istotna rzecz, która zauwazẏłam to, zė najcześciej burczy mi po wypiciu kawy, tak wiec to też mozė być z tego powodu, jak odstawiłam picie kawy z rana to już nie miałam, aż tak głośnego burczenia, ale problem całkowicie nie zniknał. Nie mam zielonego pojecia co z tym zrobić a do lekarza za bardzo też nie mogę się wybrać, SubOP 22 I don't have any diarrhea or stomach ache, but this rumbling bothers me at any time of the day. And this is not hunger, because it usually appears a moment after eating or drinking something. I had this problem for a year, I noticed that it appeared when I changed my diet, but when I returned to the old eating habits the problem did not disappear. One important thing that I noticed was that I have this rumbling usually after drinking coffee, so it could also be a cause. When I stopped drinking coffee in the morning, I didn't have that loud rumble, but the problem did not disappear completely. I have no idea what to do with it. What's more, I can't see the doctor because I moved to Germany lately and I don't know the language so good that I ponieważ nie dawno przeprowadziłam się do Niemiec i nie znam na tyle jezyka, aby porozmawiać o tym z jakimś specjalista. could talk to a specialist about my problem.

SubOP 14
My husband has kidney cancer with lymph node metastases. Treated with depression, hydronephrosis he got above-mentioned cancer. At the moment there is no chance for survival. He weighs 58 kg with a height of 186 cm. He eats very little and it rumbles constantly in his intestines. I don't know what's going on, but I'm waiting for a visit to the Academy, maybe I will learn something there, although the last days and the shock that I experienced visiting subsequent hospitals has deprived me of any illusions that finally someone will take care of a man who has worked diligently 50 years and needs help, and is treated worse like an animal. The fact that we should have "only 1 m of earth above us" I feel in every health care unit. That's a small thing that I wrote because I could write at least a book. Best regards and good health and zero visits to doctors ... Those quacks in every hospital know that if the cancer is in progress, within 2 months the patient dies. But, despite this, they throw the people on the operating table and cut because the National Health Fund will not pay for non-surgical treatment, especially when it comes to elderly people in retirement. My mother just died, she went to the hospital without any pain, she felt good, she had a fistula. With a fistula, she lived without any other ailments for half a year, she visited a doctor only because of discomfort. Then, she had a rapid examination, and the tumor of the intestine was detected. After two days she had surgery, and four days after the surgery (colostomy), she was "kicked" home. She amputacja nogi. Zmarła po 7 tygodniach. Pies jeb...ał naszą słuzḃę zdrowia. didn't get off a bed anymore, her life was extinguishing hour by hour. After four weeks she had thrombosis and foot necrosis, then amputation of her leg. She died after 7 weeks. Fu*** ... our health service. SubOP 23 Mam podobny problem wstaję do szkoły na 7 i jem śniadanie jakaś kanapkę itp. Zawsze jak wstaję od stołu zaczyna się bulgotanie i przelewanie jak spałam u kolezȧnki to miałam jeszcze gorzej byłyśmy same w domu i burczało mi tak jakby ktoś przelewał wodę okazało się zė ona ma podobny problem na internecie znalazłyśmy masarż jelit i ona zrobiła go mi a ja jej i pomogło ale później z łazienki nie wychodziłam 4 godziny pomocy !!! SubOP 23 I have a similar problem, I get up to school at 7 and eat breakfast, a sandwich, etc. Whenever I get up from the table, it starts bubbling and splashing. When I slept at my friend's, it was worse, we were alone at home and I had this rumbling. It sounded as if someone was pouring water. It turned out that she had a similar problem, on the internet, we found a bowel massage and she did it to me and I did it to her. It helped us but later I couldn't leave the bathroom for 4 hours, help !!! SubOP 24 Masz uczucie pełności i uczucie wzdecia?

SubOP 23
Is it possible that I have parasites? Parasites could be a cause of stomach rumbling!! Which doctor and where can heal us? SubOP 25 witam ,mam podobny problem ,wdaje mi się ze to wszystko ma powiazanie z przerostem grzyba zwanego "candida" pasozẏtniczego w jelitach, który pozera wszystkie cenne składniki w celu zaspokojenia swych potrzeb gdy mu brakuje drazni jelito w celu dostarczenia nowych skladnikow,zauwazcie ze zaraz po zjedzeniu wszystko wraca do normy .pierwszym sposobem zauwazėnia rezultatow wezcie się za sprowadzenie tego grzyba do przyzwoitej ilości ,inaczej nic nie pomoze .niech kazḋy dowie się jaka diete zastosować by go obezwladnic i SubOP 25 hello, I have a similar problem, it seems to me that all of this is related to the overgrowth of the parasitic fungus called "candida" in the intestines, which eats up all of the valuable ingredients to meet its needs. When it lacks some ingredients it irritates intestine to provide new ones. You could notice that immediately after eating, everything returns to normal. the first way to notice the results is to reduce the amount of these fungi to a decent amount, otherwise, nothing helps. let everyone find out what diet to use to overpower it and ograniczyć mu rozrost w poczatkowych fazach ,później sprowadzić jego populacje do rozmiaru jaki powinien być w jelitach ,inaczej nie osiagniecie nic. Nie wiem dlaczego lekaze maja po prostu wszysko gleboko w du*** ,liczy się dla nich tylko kasa jak pojdziesz nawet prywatnie ,szacunek zerowy , how to limit its growth in the initial stages, then reduce its populations to the proper size that should be in the intestines, otherwise, you will not achieve anything. I do not know why doctors give a sh** about it, they care only about money, even when you go for the private visit they don't have any respect

SubOP 26
Ludzie napiszę wam tak: pierwsza sprawa to odrzucić kawe, jest to kwas niszczacy śluzówki jelitowe, druga sprawa, musicie pić dwa, trzy razy dziennie szałwie, po tygodniu dopiero zauwazċie poprawę waszych jelit, po dwóch miesiacach przestanie wam burczec w odbycie, po trzech miesiacach w jelitach, teraz tylko szałwia na czczo raz dziennie rano. Trzecia sprawa musicie jeść chleb pszenny bez zȧdnych dodatków, raz dziennie jogurt naturalny. Chleb smarować tylko i wyłacznie majonezem. Zȧdnych smalcow, margaryny, masła. Czwarta sprawa, zȧdnych słodyczy i ciastek, zero piwa i gazowanych napoi. Po czterech miesiacach rezygnujecie z szałwii i przechodzicie na rumianek, pijecie raz dziennie przez dwa miesiace, zaraz po wypiciu musicie coś zjeść. Rezygnujecie z jogurtu naturalnego gdy pijecie rumianek, rumianek by złagodzić objaw głodu pić z łyzėczką miodu. Po sześciu miesiacach macie wyleczone jelita. Teraz zostało wam tylko burczenie w zȯładku i bedzie tylko wtedy gdy bedziecie głodni. Po pół roku od stosowania tych czynności odrzucacie rumianek. Teraz pomału wracacie do zdrowia, jezėli jednak zaczniecie na nowo pchać w siebie czekolade, czipsy i pompowac się kawą to niestety klapa nastapi jak się domyślacie. Aha zȧdnych leków gdy to bedziecie stosować, oprócz najwyzėj jak zajdzie potrzeba raz na jakiś SubOP 26 People, I will write it to you like this: the first thing is to reject coffee, it is acid that destroys intestinal mucosa, the second thing is, you have to drink salvia two or three times a day, after a week you will notice the improvement of your intestines, after two months it will stop rumbling in a rectum, after three months in the intestines, now, you drink only salvia once a day in the morning when you are fasting. The third thing you must eat wheat bread without any additives, natural yogurt once a day. Spread bread only with mayonnaise. No lard, margarine, butter. Fourth thing, no sweets and cakes, no beer and carbonated drinks. After four months, you give up salvia and you go for chamomile, drink once a day for two months, immediately after drinking you have to eat something. You give up natural yogurt when you drink chamomile. To relieve hunger while drinking chamomile, have a teaspoon of honey with it. After six months you will have your intestines healed. Now, all you have is a stomach grunting you will have this problem only when you are hungry. After six months of using these things, you reject camomile. Now you are slowly recovering, but if you start to eat chocolate, chips and pump coffee again, unfortunately, all that you have done would be nothing, as you guess. Oh, and you can't take any drugs when you use this therapy, except for some painkillers that you need from time to time. Prophylactically, czas mozṅa wziać proszki przeciwbólowe. Profilaktycznie przeciw chorobom raz, dwa razy w tygodniu zjeść czosnek, cebule, mogą pojawić się objawy wzdecia i burczenia ale nie wpłynie to na ogólną kurację jelit. Pozdrawiam. against diseases, you can eat garlic and onions once or twice a week, there may be some symptoms of bloating and rumbling but this will not affect the overall bowel treatment. Best regards. OP -original poster, subOP -suboriginal poster In this thread, the OP complained about rumbling in her stomach. She was afraid of seeing a doctor because she did not want to have a gastroscopy.
The forum users recommended performing gastroscopy and even colonoscopy, ensuring that there is no need for fear. The OP received also some information about eating habits that can soothe the ailments. The responders advised also to stick to some unconventional methods such as eating garlic, linseed, salvia, cinnamon or calamus brew as well as using some specific drugs (e.g. Xifaxan, Espumisan, Duspatalin Retard) or tests toward parasites, fungi or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
Many responders wrote also about their problems, looking for help and emotional support, some of them just react mockingly to problems of others. It is worth to mention that some users slandered doctors for their incompetence or bad treatment. There were also proposals for long-term unconventional treatment that were described by responders.

Initial post (OP)
Hello. I am asking for tips on what may be the cause of blood visible in the feces of my 4-year-old son, he often makes normal stools with blood and mucus, sometimes he has a slight stomachache under the ribs (during defecation). Allergy and hemorrhoids are rather excluded. Parasites too. The situation has persisted for 4 months, and previous studies have not shown anything significant. Peripheral morphology is within normal range, except of iron levels (value of 25) and erythrocytes microcytosis, normal urine, elevated ESR (12), elevated fibrinogen (710), ALT, AST GGTP, glucose, albumin, prothrombin time, normal kaolin-cephalin clotting time, stool culture-negative, negative parasites, positive occult blood, normal ultrasound, normal gastroscopy, colonoscopy wasn't done, because there is a long queue. With such results, we were discharged from the hospital and without a specific diagnosis. in addition, the staff said that the son is normal, healthy, nothing hurts him, he is full of energy. sometimes he has joints pain -knees and ankle, but some time ago an orthopedist stated that it was growth pain, he did not do any tests. in the hospital, they also found enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, even though he wasn't having a cold, but he was going to kindergarten, so maybe he becomes infected with something asymptomatically. I am asking for tips on what such results indicate and what tests my son should do. Thanks in advance.

SubOP1
You have to perform a colonoscopy. This is the only test that will tell you what's wrong. Maybe some colon ulcers or something else. You could also try to perform computed tomography.

SubOP2
No to fajnie zdiagnozowali dzieciaka. Well, nice diagnosis. There is blood in stool but generally, they discharged him out of the hospital. Among my patients with aching knees and below, chlamydia trachomatis is tested. These are typical symptoms. Traditional methods of removing Chlamydia are not very effective and can be toxic. Healing mainly concerns the reproductive system. Growth pains should also concern the rest of bones, e.g. the spine. Why shouldn't a child have parasites? Because they wrote that the test did not show? Did they write that the effectiveness of testing feces to diagnose taeniasis is only 10-15%? You really need to be careful when it comes to those tests. The child had a colonoscopy. It turned out that there is a polyp with ulceration about 2.5 cm in diameter. In our hospital they do not have the proper equipment to remove such a large polyp, so we have to go to Child Health Center, we have a very short tydzień od zgłoszenia. appointment because we wait only a week from reporting the problem. OP -original poster, subOP -suboriginal poster This thread concerns the problem with the blood and mucus in the stool of a 4-year old child and its stomach ache. The OP wrote that some laboratory tests were performed as well as stool culture, parasite testing, ultrasound, and gastroscopy. Some of the results were beyond the normal ranges: lower iron level in serum, microcytosis, elevated ESR and fibrinogen. The OP also mentioned joint pain in her child but was told by doctors, that it was just a growth pain.
One of the responders immediately recommended performing the colonoscopy. However, there was also a response that suggested the parasite testing could give falsenegative results because of its low sensitivity or that the joint pain could be caused by C. Trachomatis. In this way, subOP2 slandered the treatment proposed by doctors. Additionally, the same person who gave above-mentioned tip advertised his own services such as "bioresonance office".
Finally, a colonoscopy revealed that the child had a single polyp in the colon. This case shows that advices on an Internet forum can be misleading and potentially harmful. Some users may try to manipulate other people, to show that their services are more effective than conventional medicine. They often use convincing arguments to achieve their goals. Fortunately, the OP chose a visit to a doctor. In the beginning, you should listen to medinar's advice. Also, you actually have a sick digestive system. Did you not respect it or you have some parasite? Inevitably, you have damaged stomach pylorus and low stomach acidity. A bad diet has smashed a 'bulb' and Helicobacter probably developed in your stomach. If you lose weight, your digestibility is worse and worse and the duodenum and intestines should be tested. You should perform celiac disease tests or tests for parasites in the duodenum and the surrounding area. I feel that I rhyme when I write a lot. If you have questions, contact by nick because I do not go back to posts. Greetings from Naturopata The OP with the history of stomach ulcers, reported a problem with sudden weight loss, lack of appetite and stomach rumbling.
The first answer suggested seeing a doctor, which was obviously right. However, the second response suggested that the OP has a parasite and bacterial infection or insufficiency of a digestive system. The post itself is very encouraging and invites contact. The third response was an advertisement for bioresonance office. Nonetheless, there is no evidence to follow the advice of the user "Naturopata" or to use bioresonance. Such offers should be filtered and deleted on a medical forum.