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i am d promident sufferer although sometimes c after imodium---any way how do you tell if left hand side pain is serious----how do you know if its diverticulitis??? i suffer alot with this type of pain--and just found out my friend was rushed to surgery because of diverticulitis--now i am so worried --my question is when do you know when left side pain is just not IBS???????--THANKS SO MUCH

[mommy27]

Have they done a colonoscopy? That test would be able to rule out diverticulitis. Ive been to the doctors several times this summer and had several tests and my pain is off the charts. I have a high tolerance level and I cant handle this. Each persons pain is different with ibs, unfortunately there are more severe cases than others, but all very annoyong. It has yet to be ruled as IBS, but my colonoscopy was clear so? I think they are going down the throat next time. Im not convinced my pain is IBS yet, so good luck.

[Kathleen M.]

Usually if a diverticuli gets infected you will have fever with it. It is hard to get an infection bad enough to cause severe pain with no other symptoms at all.Also once you are pretty clear on what level your pain normally ranges in, what you look for is something way out of that range (either intensity or if your pain can come and go if it comes on and stays on way past the usual calm down time).

[DiamondRose]

I also get worried about the pains in my stomach. At the moment i am experiencing a different type of pain than what i usually get with ibs. But where i am already diagnosed whenever i go to the doctor about it they always put it down to ibs even though i say that it's a very different type of pain. Has anyone any suggestions?