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    Can a Bereavement Trigger IBS?

    I have previously posted on here about my health worries following a DVT over two years ago. Ever since it happened I have been constantly convinced that the DVT was caused by cancer that would eventually start showing itself in other ways............it never has done!! However last year I lost my mum to liver cancer and since then I have been even more stressed and anxious which I believe has contributed to my problems with constipation, not really going to the toilet properly (sorry!), abdominal cramps, backache and sometimes bad heartburn. Can anyone tell me if IBS can be triggered by a very stressful event such as a bereavement, also bearing in mind that I was extremely worried and stressed about my health even before then.

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    Re: Can a Bereavement Trigger IBS?

    Hi

    Sorry to hear you lost your mum

    It is known that stress brings on IBS, Iv suffered with IBS since i was in my teens, im now in my 30's

    love mandie x

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    Re: Can a Bereavement Trigger IBS?

    Thanks Mandie

    I realise that it's something I'm going to have to cope with, but hopefully, given time, things will improve. Well, I'm determined that they will!

    Many thanks

    Christine

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    Re: Can a Bereavement Trigger IBS?

    i had what the doctors diagnosed as gastro for 5 weeks when my grandma suddenly passed away last yr. i had diarrhea & tummy pains for 5 whole weeks. i started getting it 2 days after she passed away. nobody else i knew was sick. now im thinking maybe it was IBS and not gatro cause the docs couldn't figure out why gastro would last that long. i had 3 courses of antibiotics in that period. i wasn't anx before she passed away but now i have health anxiety.
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