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Can Weeks Of Intestinal Pain, Rectal Bleeding, Vomiting Bile, Diarreah, Muscle/ Joint Pain Mean IBS?

I've been to the hospital several times in the past six months (hospitalized for 8 days in Nov, 3 in Dec, and 7 in Jan) with intestinal pain, rectal bleeding, vomiting bile, diarreah that doesn't stop for weeks, exhaustion to the point of collapse, and extreme muscle and joint pain, among other symptoms. They've done a colonoscopy and found a benign pollup. Every doctor who's seen my results suggests something along the line of Crohn's and/or Fibromyalgia, and I have friends and family who have both conditions, which seem to match up with mine. However, my GP took the work of the latest GI doc from my last hospitalization, and he says it's IBS and not to worry about it. I saw him in Dec and Jan, he gave me meds, I told him they didn't work, and he said give it time. But I'm getting worse with each day. They told me to research my "condition" to educate myself, and everything I read says that IBS NEVER comes with blood or inflimation, it's one way to rule it out, which makes me think that I do not have IBS at all. On top of that, everyone I know with Crohn's was misdiagnosed for years as having IBS before getting a propper digagnosis. Is it just in my mind, or should I look for a second opinion?
Sat, 8 Feb 2014
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Rheumatologist 's  Response
Dear Sir,

Inflammatory bowel disease is a possibility , IBS will not give rise to rectal bleeding.

Dr. Shruti
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Can Weeks Of Intestinal Pain, Rectal Bleeding, Vomiting Bile, Diarreah, Muscle/ Joint Pain Mean IBS?

Dear Sir, Inflammatory bowel disease is a possibility , IBS will not give rise to rectal bleeding. Dr. Shruti