sunnyworthing
12-17-2008, 05:18 PM
Has anyone who has undergone a barium enema found their bowels very agitated afterwards? Had my procedure 2 weeks ago, all clear, but the gas pains after for a couple of hours were agony. After this though I have found my IBS to be playing merry havoc, something it wasnt doing before the investigation. Whether this a a result of the clean out prep, the barium, the pain caused by the air, the stress of the whole sorry thing or a combination of all I can't say, just wish I hadn't agreed to it now as its made my IBS so much worse. Anyone else have any similar experience?
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Chantal231
12-20-2008, 02:20 PM
Hi,
It's been years since my barium scan but I do remember it took awhile to get regular again and all of the barium out.
Why did you have the barium as opposed to a colonoscopy?
Chantal
It's been years since my barium scan but I do remember it took awhile to get regular again and all of the barium out.
Why did you have the barium as opposed to a colonoscopy?
Chantal
sunnyworthing
12-20-2008, 03:30 PM
I had a colonoscopy 4 or so years ago, which was basically clear. The reason for the barium was to investigate some diverticulae and the consultant thought it would be more soothing and less problematical than a colonoscopy, something I now would strongly disagree with.
Well two weeks on and tummy now all over the place still, very very noisy at the moment again something it wasn't before I agreed to the x-ray.
My concern was the gas pain after the enema was so great for me. But I guess that basically shows I have IBS and a low threshold for pain on distension, I assume if anything untoward would have happened from the air Id have been in hospital with a perforation by now. I cannot stop thinking though that the air pain has some how kicked off all my bowel sensitivities again.
Well two weeks on and tummy now all over the place still, very very noisy at the moment again something it wasn't before I agreed to the x-ray.
My concern was the gas pain after the enema was so great for me. But I guess that basically shows I have IBS and a low threshold for pain on distension, I assume if anything untoward would have happened from the air Id have been in hospital with a perforation by now. I cannot stop thinking though that the air pain has some how kicked off all my bowel sensitivities again.