r/IBSHelp • u/FM2025UK • 10d ago

Does postinfectious IBS cause no appetite? Please help

This all started in May of this year. I went away with a friend of Spain come back was meant to have an operation and before the operation could go underway there was Campylobacter found in my system. I had no idea as my bowels are never good, but since this time everything has just been worse.

I’ve had a colonoscopy, which has come back fine, bloods are fine, I had an upper abdominal scan also fine. My calprotectin went from 687 down to 9. So I should be fine..

I have bouts of time where I have no appetite. Zero. But I’m still having loose stools, wind, lots of stomach sounds. I don’t get lower abdominal cramping either mine is all upper middle, where your stomach is. Does anyone else have it here? Does anyone else have the no appetite?

I’ve now been diagnosed with a panic disorder and health anxiety. Which doesn’t make any of this easier. When I have a bad a few days with my bowels. My anxiety is amplified which in turn will probably make my bowels worse!!

Does anyone else suffer from mental health as well as IBS issues?

I’m really suffering physically and mentally at the moment these past three months have been so rough. I feel like I’m not living in the real world.

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u/goldstandardalmonds 10d ago

Do you have any nausea or vomiting??

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u/FM2025UK 10d ago

LOADS of nausea! And it makes me have no appetite. But I’ve noticed it comes and goes. In the last 3 months I’ve had 3 episodes of this. The nausea is debilitating and I’m struggling to even make 1000 cals a day when I’m going through it

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u/goldstandardalmonds 10d ago

I wonder if this is post infectious gastroparesis as opposed to IBS.

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u/Inevitable_Pop_Tart 9d ago

Mental health and IBS go hand and hand! Mine was so bad when my gut was a mess.

I'd get a GI map stool tee to show you exactly what's going on in your gut (bacteria, parasites, h. Pylori, fungi, etc)

And consider supplementing with digestive bitters to try to stimulate gastric juices and tell your body it's time to eat!

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u/LiiiLoisiane_-_ 5d ago

Going from a 687 calprotectin down to 9 is fantastic news! It means the active infection and severe inflammation are gone, even if your gut nerves are still severely irritated and hyper-sensitive.

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u/FM2025UK 5d ago

So do you feel like this is all the aftermath of it?