What Could It Be?

Age
20

Past medical history and past surgical history
Asthma, surgery to remove kidney stones

Any medications you are taking
None

Any family history of illnesses
heart disease, diabetes, blood pressure

How long you have had these medical symptoms
Approx. two years

Im a 20 year old female, average height and weight, with no food allergies that I know of. For about two years Ive noticed many bouts of diarrhea. Not every day but on average once a day. Some days are much worse than others and food goes right through me. The stool tends to be yellow and float. Ive recently switched to a vegetarian diet and it hasnt helped or hindered. The main way to describe what Im going through is Ill eat something and in about 10 to 15 minutes have to use the bathroom. Like I said this is about once a day at least, with random flare ups that make it worse.

Yellow diarrhea

You need to have this investigated further. You can read more about yellow stools at Yellow Diarrhea.

You may have IBS, but equally could have a condition such as coeliac disease or a problem with fat malabsorption in the bowel. The only way you are going to get this sorted is to see a doctor. Good luck!

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