Chronic Nausea/Vomiting and Extreme lack of Appetite. What could be causing this?
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Hey everyone! I'm new to this forum, but after a very long struggle, and no answers from my doctors, I'm at a loss and looking for advice from anyone that might have some insight. For the past year, I've been struggling with being able to eat or keep any food down, and my gastroenterologist hasn't been able to figure out what's wrong with me. For about a year now, I've been unable to eat and have absolutely no appetite whatsoever. Basically, I can go several days without eating at all. I feel no hunger pangs and I have no nausea or stomach pain with this extreme fasting. However the minute I try to eat anything at all, even crackers or rice I'm doubled up in pain, nauseous and a few times have vomited from the pain. Needless to say this is scaring me, as I've lost an incredible amount of weight from being unable to eat, and I have had fainting episodes from the malnutrition. If I do manage to keep something down, my abdomen becomes incredibly hard and distended, I have very loud gurgling sounds in my stomach, and I look 5 months pregnant until it finally goes away with a bowel movement. I'm taking omeprazole daily, and I always carry around phenergan and zofran because I need to take both to keep the nausea at bay enough to function like a human being. My medical history includes an appendectomy and gallbladder removal due to biliary dyskinesia. I've already had an endoscopy which noted mild gastritis (which I take the omeprazole for), an abdominal CT, and an abdominal MRI which both showed nothing. The only other thing I can think of that I can note for symptoms is swelling in my hands and feel alongside the abdominal bloating, but I don't know if that's correlation or not. I'm getting desperate, as I'm due to get married next summer and I want to be able to make it to my wedding, as I genuinely fear that if I continue to drop weight this fast Ill be too sick to go through with it!! Even my fiance has noted that I've lost too much weight too quickly and has sat up too many nights with me while I'm writhing in pain. Any idea what this might be and how I can fix it or what this even is? Please help a desperate bride to be...
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They never mentioned anything about a possible parasite. At least I dont think it crossed their minds as they havent asked for any stool samples. I wonder if theyll address that possibility if the gastric emptying shows up inconclusive.
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Id say some is Anxiety perhaps return to gp ask for scans for all organs
Ask to see someone to talk to?
Ive had so called Gerd attack for 14 weeks had 9 weeks of 24hr nausea.
Tried Nexium sides to them terrible after 15days i stopped
Took Serc for light-headedness then Zofran neither worked.
My attack literally is 24hrs a day across my upper abdomen its tight swollen though not noticable i just put an extender on my bra. Its not burning it feels like immediately after a scratch. Its also feels bruised. Nausea mostly gone but it comes back for hours at a time for no readon one moment im not nauseas
Next like a light switch its there. Had scans blood tests even hp test nothing.
Diagnosis Gastritis i get it 14 weeks non stop started off with BPPV then Gerd
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