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Any tips for living with a meckel's diverticulum
I'm fucking tired of shitting out black blood whenever I overexert myself

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Why do i always get a painful, lengthy case of the shits after eating buffalo wings and a tub of blue cheese?

>anxious and overtightening your sphincter
does that actually affect the stool smell? I don't see how overtightening would affect it exactly. I can see the shape or consistency being affected but not the smell.

>fat malabsorption
is there any way to know for sure? what can I do (or eat) to stop this from happening?

stop drinking. You are asking me, a GI. If you are so concerned, you won't drink alcohol. You just have to weigh how badly you want to drink alcohol to how badly you don't want abdominal pain. If I knew more a out you, and was not typing all of this from my phone,I would have a better answer for you. This is me off of work basically.

It isn't IBD. It sounds like a fissure to me.

I mad my education my full time job. I read ahead and used lectures just as another run through of my notes that tin already took and simply me mentally highlighted what the professor would emphasize, so I knew what was most important to understand for good grades in the class. Medical school is 16 hours every day. Residency is 16 hours every day. I went into it because of my crohns as well. You need to study well I'm medical school, and the IM residency is not competitive. GI fellowship is certainly competitive though and I had my doubts that I would have it.

It is a shot in the dark off the top of my head. I know that people have anaphylaxis from metamucil but maybe you were just dehydrated from too much fiber. You need to give everything time to absorb.

Any ideas what a constant discomfort inside my left rib cage could be? Sometimes I get sharp stabbing pains (not debilitating, more an annoyance), but most of the time I feel like there's something about the size of my fist in there.
My stools are often very loose, but not liquid or watery. Like number 5 on the Bristol stool chart.
I know the stomach, spleen, pancreas and kidney are on the left side. I need to see a real doctor. :/ I'm afraid it might be pancreatitis, but I hope it's just a stomach/digestive issue. pls help

thank you for the advice, I will take it to heart.

Yo I have a anatomy test on the digestive system coming up how do i not fail and get a a

Do you have a high fat diet? If so then you only have to eat less fat. Do you eat chocolate and potato chips and cheese all day? That's all it is. I highly doubt you have a serious issue which I won't even go into to scare you because the alternative causes are scary.

What state do you practice? Can we come to you?