3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

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3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby Rosie93 » Wed Nov 02, 2016 9:44 pm

I am 3 months post FMT and am experiencing what I would consider excessive gas and bloating with D. The gas moves around and its difficult to expel. My doctor has essentially written me off and said to take Gas X. I am wondering what is causing this. It does not seem to be related to any certain food but everything I eat, I immediately blow up. Has anyone else had this experience? Is it something that will get better with time? However, it seems so unnatural I cannot imagine it resolving itself.

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby beth22 » Thu Nov 03, 2016 12:07 am

I had that when I had SIBO. There is a breath test to see if you have that. Did you have FMT via colonoscopy or upper endoscopy or pills?

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby Rosie93 » Thu Nov 03, 2016 12:32 am

Via colonoscopy

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby georgina » Thu Nov 03, 2016 1:49 am

Gas and bloating are not unusual , but diarrhea is a concerning symptom. If you have multiple bouts of diarrhea per day more then three days you should ask to get tested.

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby overit » Thu Nov 03, 2016 1:33 pm

I had the same experience and my doctor said it could be the probiotics. I lowered my dose of Florastor to 1 pill a day and that helped a little bit. I'm now almost 5 months post FMT and I still have days like that but they are far less then they were.

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby beth22 » Fri Nov 04, 2016 1:34 am

Florastor gave me D and a ton of gas too. In fact, a lot of probiotics do not agree with me. I found VSL#3 that I do well with if I take a small dose. If you are taking probiotics, maybe try and stop for a few days as was suggested. I could no longer tolerate dairy either, even after FMT.

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby Rosie93 » Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:27 am

Thanks for the advice everyone! I will stop probiotics and see if that helps. Has anyone ever heard of having a second FMT via colonoscopy even after the infection is clear, just to aid in the healing process?

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby beth22 » Sat Nov 05, 2016 6:07 pm

My GI recommended doing home FMT enemas after my colonoscopy transfer.

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby Cdiff » Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:07 pm

Hi Rosie. Just wondering if the gas & bloating resolved and how you are going? I'm having the same issues following FMT 2 months ago.

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby georgina » Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:51 am

This post is old and the poster might not be active on the site. Try to PM.

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby Cdiff » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:11 pm

Sorry what is PM?

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby Lisa33 » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:57 pm

PM is private message - it's like email on this site. There's a link to it on the top of the page.

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Re: 3mo post Extreme Gas/Bloating

Postby Cdiff » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:21 pm

Thanks Lisa. I did but still no reply. Hopefully it means that she is doing well.


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