Hi all,
For the past year almost, I've been dealing with pretty bad problems. Until last July, I was a relatively healthy person; I'm only 23, so there's no reason I shouldn't be healthy. I exercise semi-regularly, I eat decently, and I've never been diagnosed with anything serious.
In July, however, I began to have trouble peeing. I would wake several times a night needing to pee; after peeing, I would still feel the need to pee. Sometimes I couldn't fall asleep for hours. What's more, I often couldn't poop either; I had the feeling these things might be related. Since before this problem began, I'd started noticing that my stomach would make weird noises a lot more than it usually did (this began perhaps two years ago).
As the year has gone on, I've tried to ignore these symptoms but it's at the point where my life, quite frankly, sucks. I've been to a gastroenterologist many months ago who failed to diagnose anything, and a urologist more recently who was also stumped. But I remain convinced something is wrong just because I'm in so much discomfort and pain quite frequently.
So, to give a brief rundown of my symptoms:
-Difficulty pooping. I poop perhaps once every 2-3 days, and never feel that I've fully voided myself.
-Difficulty peeing. I always have to sit down to pee now (this isn't normal for a male!). When I pee, I strain; it feels almost as if I'm trying to poop - but can't.
-Frequent burping. When I move around, stretch, get out of bed in the morning, I burp - a lot.
A bit more about me, in case it's relevant:
-I'm of Jewish ancestry. I've heard that's relevant in diagnosing Crohn's disease.
-As a sport, I used to do a lot of balancing/ tight-rope walking. I was worried that this was causing me to clench my abdomen excessively and thus negatively effected by bowel movements (and I started doing it at the same time these problems began); however, I know lots of other people who also do this sport and who have no such symptoms. Either way I've stopped doing the sport because I generally don't have enough energy.
-Could I be gluten intolerant? I'd never had that issue before.
Please, someone, give me some advice! I'm on the verge of despair here. I think I will go to the hospital tomorrow and miss work, but I'm hoping you all might be able to give me some ideas and some more information before I get going.
For the past year almost, I've been dealing with pretty bad problems. Until last July, I was a relatively healthy person; I'm only 23, so there's no reason I shouldn't be healthy. I exercise semi-regularly, I eat decently, and I've never been diagnosed with anything serious.
In July, however, I began to have trouble peeing. I would wake several times a night needing to pee; after peeing, I would still feel the need to pee. Sometimes I couldn't fall asleep for hours. What's more, I often couldn't poop either; I had the feeling these things might be related. Since before this problem began, I'd started noticing that my stomach would make weird noises a lot more than it usually did (this began perhaps two years ago).
As the year has gone on, I've tried to ignore these symptoms but it's at the point where my life, quite frankly, sucks. I've been to a gastroenterologist many months ago who failed to diagnose anything, and a urologist more recently who was also stumped. But I remain convinced something is wrong just because I'm in so much discomfort and pain quite frequently.
So, to give a brief rundown of my symptoms:
-Difficulty pooping. I poop perhaps once every 2-3 days, and never feel that I've fully voided myself.
-Difficulty peeing. I always have to sit down to pee now (this isn't normal for a male!). When I pee, I strain; it feels almost as if I'm trying to poop - but can't.
-Frequent burping. When I move around, stretch, get out of bed in the morning, I burp - a lot.
A bit more about me, in case it's relevant:
-I'm of Jewish ancestry. I've heard that's relevant in diagnosing Crohn's disease.
-As a sport, I used to do a lot of balancing/ tight-rope walking. I was worried that this was causing me to clench my abdomen excessively and thus negatively effected by bowel movements (and I started doing it at the same time these problems began); however, I know lots of other people who also do this sport and who have no such symptoms. Either way I've stopped doing the sport because I generally don't have enough energy.
-Could I be gluten intolerant? I'd never had that issue before.
Please, someone, give me some advice! I'm on the verge of despair here. I think I will go to the hospital tomorrow and miss work, but I'm hoping you all might be able to give me some ideas and some more information before I get going.