I have chronic abdominal pain with constipation and diarhrea that comes and goes. The pain never does. Its not IBS because they ve seen inflammation on scans. I can t do this anymore. I need answers. I have a baby and I can t pick her up because of the pain and my doctors won t give me any medicine
HI. The alternating constipation and diarrhea needs further evaluation in the form of colonoscopy, CT scan of the abdomen, routine and relevant blood, urine and stool tests. The Chronic abdominal pain always have a reason to be found out. Only if all the tests are negative for specific diseases like Gastrointestinal Cancer, Tuberculosis, Crowns and so, then only you can be labelled as having Irritable Bowel Syn Chat Doctor.  You certainly need a medical treatment for this, and to treat the stress, which is the most important reason of IBS.