Chills with flairup

Does anyone else get chills ( no fever) with a flairup? My dr says it's from the Vagas nerve which runs through the digestive system. I also get left sided pain in the lower abd. on occasion with a flairup.My problem is more toward constipation although I manage to go at least to some extent every day I sure have gas and bloating  recent colonoscopy shows IBS and some small divitculitos ( no big deal) but it sure effects my quality of life.    Merri

Seems like I'm not the only person that gets the odd chill. Thank you for sharing that info as I was getting quite concerned about those chills. My gasostrophy also showed diverticultos.

My doc has given me anti depressants for the problem. I don't understand how these will help as I am not suffering depression. I will ask him to explain when I see him next.

i also get the odd sudden chill and then the gurgles noises

then i know i am in for it!!!

i had this tonight from the flagyl they put me back on today, in two hours time i had 5 days worth saved up all realeased at once......a big D flare, oh gosh i know now for the next week i am going to be a mess from the meds....my doc says to me today if this doesnt clear you up after this pat 1.5 yearand half on Flagyl, theni am going to order stool samples on parasites, etc....

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9-02 crash w/ C-5-6-7 anterior/posterior fusion in neck w/11 screws and 4 metal plates. multilevel HNP at T & L section. FMS, PA in dec 05. on SSDI after 2.5 yr wait. sezuires, CTS, IBS ( C & D). norco, xanax, predisone shots. i dont know what else is wrong with me and neither does anyone else!!!

Louie, certain kinds of antidepressants have been found to help regulate bowel movements in some people and reduce gas, bloating, etc. They're using them now to treat people with IBS regardless of their mental state. They're not exactly sure why they work, except that maybe the digestive tract is a little uptight and these help calm it down and get it relaxed enough to function. Because even if you aren't anxious by nature, you guts can be overreactive to certain foods or other stresses. There's even one theory that in our nervous system there is a "brain" that runs our digestive system; our regular brain has very little to do with controlling it. And that this second "brain" can get anxious, depressed, etc. and cause malfunctions in our guts, even though our regular brain is going about its business just fine.

I thought I might had D before my last surgery becuase I was very, very nervous. My heart rate was 140 when I checked in! I can't get my heart rate over 100 when I've been on the treadmill for a half hour, even if I've got it on incline and I'm jogging a little. I kept feeling like I might have a problem, but since I hadn't eaten anything, I didn't have anything to trigger it. If I had eaten, boy, look out!