stomach and anus growling???

I have sufferef from the exact same issue and have been trying to find the reason for it for years.

I’m in my 20s and from the middle east, currently living in scandinavia. The reason why i point this out is because most people ive met that has this issue lives in another country than what they were born in. The issues started for me when i was in sixth grade. It started in the afternoon. It was this weird noise in the lower parts and it sounded like i was passing gas so i was really embarrassed at school. I remeber i would leave class and come back whenever i could. At first it happened every month and then every week and then every day. It completely ruined my middleschool and highschool years. I remember i was so embarrassed. I would skip school, leave in the middle of the day and sometimes start later just to try to manage it. I told my mom about this and she told me it was because of my eating habits. In 8th grade i got a bit chubby. I ate close to nothing and lost a bunch of weight. I started excercising and then i lost the weight and this is what basically what made my issues get even worse. But the issues started before this but as i said it became much worse afterwards. My whole highschool years was filled with these issues. I was constipated all of the time. I didnt know what to do. I fixed my diet and started eating well and the issues still came. I found out that most people from asia are lactose intolerant so i stopped eating dairyproducts completely and it didnt help. I tried eating just fruit and veggies and it didnt work. I tried senna tea (laxative) and it didnt work. I cut out bread and it didnt work. I tried just drinking water the whole day and it didnt work. Nothing ever worked. I went to the doctors on three occasions and they told me i need to eat more fiber (which i already did). And they told me i had a vitamin deficiancy. I started taking vitamins supplements and it didnt work. Started bying dried apricot for fiber (tried prunes but i hated prunes). Dried apricots was somewhat better in taste but still disgusting. I used to eat them throughout the day and it didnt work. It got better with dried apricots but the sounds didnt disappear. I could go a week without going to the restroom. I used to cry myself to sleep thinking i could never get a normal job and live a normal life cause i was so embarassed. It made me hate food. But one think about the issues what that they didnt come on the weekends nor the spring/summer/winter breaks. It was as if it knew when i had school and class. My stomach didnt hurt per say but it was uncomfortable. The sounds and it felt like i was going to pass gas but nothing came out, instead it was this odd weird sound, sometimes quiet but i could still feel it and oftentimes really really loud. It could come when i was laying in bed after school, on the bus, on the train and in class, when i stand and when i sit. I started excercising cause i thought it was my metabolism that was slow. It didnt work. Nothing worked and i was frustrated so one day in the morning i just felt it was hopeless so i started eating hamburgers, two whole hamburgers. And the sounds didnt come until noon. I felt it was cause my stomach was maybe full so i started eating at 10.00 at school. This was the last months of high school. But i was so tired of doing that at it managed the sounds but they still came just not as much. I stopped eating after school because of a lack of apetite. After i graduated i was so sick of eating those hamburgers and food at school. I became determined that i had to find the root of the issue. I started studying and started trying different food comvinations cause it thought i had IBS so i found a common thread online of people with the same issue with different solutions. I started drinking green tea (didnt help!). Tried different laxatives and it didnt work. I felt my anxiety about it made it worse but it definietly wasnt the root of the problem, i knew it was something about my stomach. Tried rice with salmon and spinach alogn with dried apricots, didnt work. And everytime those sounds came i would go to the restroom and nothing would come out. And the more i tried holding it in the worse it got. Inknew that having an over full sromach the whole day wasnt the solution cause at this point i hated food. Whatever i ate i hated. I have no allergied whatsover according to my doctor. I went to check if i was allergic to gluten and i tried avoiding it but nothing happened. Tried every single thing in the book. Then one day i found the solution for me. I wasnt even searching for it cause i had dealt with this issue for years and years. I woke up one day and ate just one toast with butter. It was this specifical brand that solved it. After i went to school no sounds came. After some weeks they came back! I was so upset but at this point this was the best option for me. So i tried eating it with some coffee in the morning. After this the sounds came like once a week at most and once a month at worst. I know it sounds ridiculous, like a special brand of bread is gonna help and some coffee. But i tried changing the brand and it stopped working so only this specific brand worked. Now.. this is the solution i found at like 21, i had lived with the issue for years. Now it didnt completely work. I had work one hour away from me. I was stressed, just as stressed as my other jobs/school. I changed jobs and now i work close from home. Im relieved and im not as stressed and i havent had the issue since i started which was months ago. I eat one piece of bread with butter and sometimes cocumber and some coffee, everyday is the same. And no issues. My sister had the exact same issue and it worked for her too. The brand of the toast is jättefranska pågen. Its a white bread you would never think could help with any stomach issues. But it really helped me. I read this forum when i was younger and i remember thinking nothing could help cause ive tried most of these solutions that wasnt a solution to me. And nothing worked. I know theres something more to this issue and theres just not a diagnos yet for it. But I hope they find it someday.

Had the same problem FOR OVER 13 YEARS. Finally did the celiac GENE test; as other tests for celiac were all normal. This test was the only one that came positive. It makes a huge difference when you go gluten free.

I see people who relate to my EXACT situation, I have the EXACT situation as you. Mine started in 7th grade (5 years ago)when the class was completely quiet , all of a sudden a LOUD GROWLING NOISE occurred , ever since then I started to develop anxiety that everytime I would be in class or in a quiet place that it would happen. As years passed my anxiety progressively started getting worse as I thought this would happen , my stomach growls weirdly everyday coming from my bum, I get anxiety being in quiet areas around many people because of this. I strain myself in the bathroom everyday or else I would be bugged the rest of the day. I’m always so gassy and I have tried SEVERAL stuff, from drinking teas, more water, started cutting off soda, BUT NOTHING WORKS. I get anxiety being in class when it’s quiet or in any events that has to do with being quiet, I always look for the exit to seek a bathroom immediately, my palms start to sweat as I think my body will make uncomfortable and uncontrollable noises. It happens every. single. day, it has affected my social life and my relationship, I HATE MY GUTS for it , I have been wanting to seek help but I’m afraid that no one will understand. I have tried googling numerous times for a final cause , but multiple come up like ibs , ibs-d, gastritis, that have similar stuff that I don’t even know which one it is. I can not stand to be in peace when this occurs everyday, I don’t know what to do, people will think that I am weird. It has started to affect me more and more each day:( it is NOT A NORMAL thing for this to happen while everyone looks completely fine, it is not NORMAL STOMACH NOISES , I’m looking to seek for help but can’t sometimes :/ #stomachissues #sad

I have buscopan 10mg instead of 20mg and nexium 20mg instead of 40mg. Does this mean I have to take it twice a day or twice together??

I have buscopan 10mg instead of 20mg and nexium 20mg instead of 40mg. Does this mean I have to take it twice and how and when did your daughter take it

Not everyone can easily go poo. Sometimes you have to poo but you don't feel like it. Then the gas starts to build and then the noises start, the gurgling sounds and tummy rumbles. I suggest once you hear the sounds and feel the rumbles just go sit on toilet and try to poo. If you can't poo, like nothing is coming out then don't force it, just drink some MiraLAX which is a stool softener that helps you go regularly and without straining too hard. Works for my noisy bum and tummy and doesnt have any flavor. Goodluck!

Yeah this person is right about Rifaxin, it's expensive and you may have to take it every couple of years or so to keep your bad bacteria to a minimum. Get health insurance and get some. You take it for a month, then you are good for a year or two or possibly more. There's a cheaper one called Augmentin which doesn't work as well but has the same concept and is worth a try, everyone's body responds to different things. That's why ibs is so hard to treat. One thing may work for one person but not someone else. Anyway you can also follow up this with probiotics if they don't cause any discomfort/unusual side effects to add good bacteria to your gut. Taking probiotics without taking antibiotics first usually doesn't work and causes more problems, that's why so many people have had bad experiences with them. Rifaxin or Augmentin first than probiotics. Good luck ✝️

Correction - Xifaxan (Rifaximin)***

I have the same problem and I fully understand what you are going through. To make matters worse, I live in Cuba, here it is extremely difficult to follow a diet because it is most likely that you will starve to death, but I have stopped eating bread and dairy products for a few days and I have not seen a noticeable improvement. I managed to solve two antibiotics and an antacid to treat Helicobacter pylori, because it could be a real possibility of a microorganism that could be irritating my digestive system. I've barely been on treatment for two days but I haven't noticed any improvement. Maybe I need more time. If it doesn't work, I'll try to get rifaximin, although there are no medications in pharmacies here. Also another logical possibility of improvement would be MINTEC as it relaxes the wall of the intestine whose contractions is precisely what produces these noises but I doubt that I can find it here. I wish everyone luck, what is happening to us is extremely unfair and even more so in my country where people are extremely insensitive. Many people have even tried to record me at the moment it is happening to upload it to the networks and defame me. It is definitely extremely difficult to live like this.

As a victim of this disease myself, my heart goes to you. For me, antibiotics work for about 2 weeks but the sounds do come back every time the does finishes. The solution to my problem was CUTTING GLUTEN and anything that contains gluten for about two years, and I have to avoid gluten for the rest of my life. I am sorry for what is going on in your country and the whole world, it looks like we no longer value evidence, or we have not been thought the importance of it. Best wishes for humanity.

Have you looked into being lactose intolerant? I am and I get this problem quite often. It could be a mix of different issues but I try my very best to stay away from dairy products in my diet but it’s not easy I also have some problems with gluten foods so I have to stay picky with my food. I know it causes a lot of stress and anxiety. I deal with it everyday but it only gets easier.

Impacted stool / left over stool / incomplete defecation could be the cause. I also have the rumbles and it only stops for a while after a bowel movement. It could also be from a tight pelvic floor that prevents you from defecating properly. If you suspect that visit a pf therapist.

I’ve been using a step stool or those potty step stools and they’ve helped a little. After using it for a while I’ve been okay without using it.

Your post resonates with every aspect of my life. I have been dealing with this issue for years and have yet to find a solution. It's so hard dealing with it and so far it has ruined my social and academic life. I always wished I could do stuff like others without this issue being on my mind. It affects me severely and I hate it.
Every decision and plan has to be reconsidered because of this issue. And now that school is starting soon, it's only going to get worse.
8th grade was two years ago and I remember taking months off because I was dealing with this issue. It affected me HORRIBLY.
But I couldn't talk about it to anybody. I created up excuses on why I wouldn't attend class and I had to be taken to counselors and therapists to deal with my mental issues as they had been affected terribly due to this issue, that I couldn't get myself to bring up to anybody. It's one of my biggest insecurities in life and I feel like I won't go anywhere because I have to deal with it all the time.
It's such a little problem yet it has ruined my life.
I'm now searching for solutions, yet again, for the millionth time.
But I once read a post somewhere on Reddit that was basically like "Never give up searching for solutions" and something like that. It gave me hope to keep searching for solutions and not give up on my life because of this issue.

hey. I'm not the original poster but their post resonates with me and my experience with those problems. Mine also started back in sixth grade! If you are a high school student and want to talk, I'm up for it! If not then good luck with your issues, sending love your way

I know it can be embarrassing especially when you don't hear people talking about it every day but I promise you it's not. Many people if not most deal with some kind of digestive issues and discomfort. It's better to tell your parents sooner than later, I'm sure they will support you. Never give up on finding a solution buddy! Good luck.