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Post-Infectious IBS
19/F
Last week I came down with a stomach bug, but it went away within a day. Since then, I've been having digestive problems.
I went to the doctor's office today, and he said that I have post-infectious IBS.
Is it permanent? Will I be able to eat spicy/greasy food ever again?
If anyone has any experience with it, and any tips on how to make it better, that would be great.
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Hrmm.. well I actually have a chronic condition called Ulcerative Colitus, which is similar to IBS but its kinda worse. I think that there is different levels of intensity for IBS, which could affect what you can or cannot eat. I know that I take a lot of medicine everyday (for UC not IBS) but I pretty much eat whatever I want, including spicy and greasy foods. Along with these kinds of conditions can come things like not being able to eat sugar, wheat, or milk products. (I was tested for all of these) Even if you test positive for these, (as in you ARE lactose intolerant) less intense cases may permit you to be able drink milk occasionally. Still, since you say that your stomach has been hurting, you might want to stay away from spicy/greasy foods, and try not eating milk products (milk, cheese, etc) just to see if it makes you feel any better. For more info, check out this site:
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It is usually temporary, but it can last for different lengths of time, depending on a number of different factors such as the severity of and the length of time you suffered with the stomach bug.
However, whether you can eat spicy foods or greasy foods again is not something anyone can determine. IBS can be developed as the result of a number of things that occur and if you go on to develop 'normal' IBS (for want of a better phrase), you may find that certain foods make the situation worse.
I would recommend for the time being that you stick to plain foods. Bread, scrambled eggs, plain rice, soups and so on and drink plenty of fluids. I would suggest you do this for around a week, in order to give your stomach a chance to fully recover. Then gradually increase more of your average foods like meats, sweet foods and so on. Hopefully your symptoms will have gone by this point and you won't need to worry but when you do try spicy/greasy foods again, for goodness sake, do it in small doses!! I suffer frm IBS and I can promise you that eating foods like that in large quantities when your stomach is sensitive to it can produce some very nasty results!! Lol!
Hope you feel better soon and if you need any more advice on living with and controlling IBS, let me know.
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