Hello

I've had a search but haven't found anyone with a similar problem.

It started with an anal fissure a good few months back after a large stool, but after improving my diet and taking lactulose this seems to have gone eventually and passing stools are no longer painful (it was horrendous!). But I now have to strain hard to pass anything including very soft stools - it's just too tight! And it's not improving.

And now to make matters worse I think I may have IBS - I'm getting pains low down in the stomach area. Not in any specific location and not intense pains just very frustrating!

Any idea whats going on with my body!
Oh.. and I'm 22.

Cheers

It sounds like you are not getting enough fiber or water in your diet.

Jimbo, you should get the stomach pains checked out. I too started with an anal fissure last year. It would get better, but would never completely heal. Then I noticed I would get a soft stool once in a while, and some discomfort in my stomach, not pain, just discomfort. After goin thru an upper GI and a colonoscopy, they found I had Crohn's last week. I'm not sayin this is what you have, but you should get this checked out just to be on the safe side.