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Been nauseous for 2 months and doctors don't know why

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Athanasia
Athanasia

II've had chronic nausea for 2 months now and was sent to the ER by my pediatrician. They did blood work and the hospital and found my lipase levels were at 600. They did a full abdominal ultrasound and took an x-ray. All were clear, but they were confused because I showed no symptoms of pancreatitis besides nausea, so they thought it was caused by something else. They didn't find anything, said it was probably stress (I'm not stressed at all), gave me Zofran, starved me for a day, my lipase dropped to 200 overnight and they sent me home. My nausea is debilitating and I can't get any relief, even with zofran. They said nothing is wrong with me but this has been going on for so long and it's so uncomfortable that I'm becoming very depressed. Is it possible it could be something else?

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  • philippa61759
    philippa61759 Athanasia

    Posted

    You need to go back to your doctor and say that Zofran is not working and ask for an endoscopy. What other causes have been suggested other than what has already been tested?
    • sanjeevbhatt
      sanjeevbhatt philippa61759

      Posted

      I agree with Phillipia, endoscopy only is the right step to do. Maybe you're suffering from H Pylori.

  • sanya11314
    sanya11314 Athanasia

    Posted

    Please go back to your doc.

    You could have gastritis. Before gastroscopy I would suggest a H.pylori breath or stool test. It is not invasive and is one reason to tick off the possibility list.

    Also your doc might want to repeat the lipase (and maybe other basic blood tests) test, to see where you are at now and that the acute pancreatitis is over.

  • Stychsen
    Stychsen Athanasia

    Posted

    I have battled abdominal pain for eight years. They had a horrible time diagnosing me. They finally diagnosed. me with Crohn's 2 years ago. About 3 months ago I was in your same boat. I was so sick. Couldn't eat anything. They finally ran another panel of autoimmune diseases. It came back lupus positive. My Gi said many people with abdominal probs have Lupus. He always tests then for that. Maybe that's a place for you to start. Good look. Keep me informed.

    • sanya11314
      sanya11314 Stychsen

      Posted

      May I kindly ask on a side note due to interest (one colonoscopy, no Crohn found, all good, excrutiating pain continuing though): how was Crohn found after 6 years finally? Was it in small intestine, not looked at before or not 'big' enough?

    • Stychsen
      Stychsen sanya11314

      Posted

      After 6 years my doc. Decided to foo a capsule endoscopy. You swallow a pull that has a camera and can look inside your whole digestive tract. My Dr. Saw was able to see tons of ulcers in my small intestine.
    • sanya11314
      sanya11314 Stychsen

      Posted

      Thank you!

      Ah see! Exactly my point for pro capsule endoscopy! Biopsies cannot be taken, but who cares if ulcers are visible. Thank you so much! It just emphasises again to me, that a capsule endoscopy should be done fairly soon for my child, just...they could have put it in during gastroscopy since a child cannot swallow this thing. Also due to vomiting maybe should be placed into duodenum anyway.

      But your treatment doesn't work anymore after 2 years, right? How do you get symptoms under control with Lupus?

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