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Nausea and loose bowels for almost 2 years! Help!

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ElleJ22
ElleJ22

Hi, looking for help.

February 2015 I suffered really bad headaches, turned out to be sinus infection and got antibiotics to clear it.

Then in March 2015 I started suffering from extreme nausea followed by loose bowel movements, going several times some days to the toilet and also getting more wind than usual. This lasted a few days and I was off my food, feeling too sick, eating the bare minimum if i could. Then it cleared and I felt fine again but my bowels still remained loose.

However then these symptoms started coming more frequently and lasting longer. Waking me up during the night like I was going to throw up. I have never once been sick but the feeling is so overwhelming I've ran to the toilet at times. Also doesn't help i hate being sick so panic. I was getting two days a week, if that, where I felt normal and could eat properly again. I started feeling so weak and tired, not sleeping right and struggling with work feeling so ill.

I went on the doctors in June 2015 when it started getting bad countless number of times and was eventually admitted to hospital December 2015 due to the weight loss. I have had the following done since June 2015:

Blood tests - normal

Acid reflux tablets - didn't help

Stool test for infection - normal

Tested for coeliac disease - negative

Ultrasound scan - normal

Tested for Helicobacter Pylori - negative

Blood tests for hormone imbalance - normal

Endoscopy - normal

CT scan of head (checking vagus nerve) - normal

MRI scan of small bowel - normal

Gut hormone blood test - normal

Blood test for cows milk & barley allergy - negative

Was given various different tablets for feeling sick. Only ones that have helped have been Metoclopramide.

Really bringing my mood down, upset all the time and frustrated. Doctors gave me tablets for depression but didn't want to take them. Treated for anxiety February 2016 with CBT therapy as this has gone on so long with no answers. Started getting worried going anywhere that I would need to come home as usually that is what happens as I feel so sick.

Paid for food allergy and intolerance testing March 2016. Cut out loads of foods that came up as possible intolerance to and felt a bit better. Slowly introduced again and been ok however think dairy could be the issue. But still getting nausea and loose bowels so now questioning if it is dairy?! Doctor recently gave me Buscopan to take 3 times a day before meals but not helped at all.

Going insane as no one knows what's wrong with me. I am so underweight and struggling to put any on with feeling sick all the time. Recently been feeling sick after eating. I get no pains with this.

Can anyone help?! I have tried everything.

Thanks.

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  • vickey83864
    vickey83864 ElleJ22

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    I'm so sorry for your suffering. I've been there. You are NOT crazy! Keep going until you get answers.

    I had the same eating problems as you, however, I eventually started having pain under my right ribs. The pain became so bad at times that I would lie in bed sobbing from the pain. After many of the same tests and a few others, which came up negative- great, but doesn't answer anything- I found a general surgeon who was willing to do exploratory surgery to have a better look. While in there he found my gallery bladder covered in scar tussue from the chronic inflammation which pushed it against the liver. Anyhow, the surgery releived the severe pain but I still have chronic pain under my ribs because the valve that connects to the gall bladder does not work properly and there is no treatment.

    For now, certain meds could be making things worse. Small bland meals and snacks throughout the day and stay away from pork and greasy foods.

    Good luck , don't give up.

    • ElleJ22
      ElleJ22 vickey83864

      Posted

      Hi Vickey, thank you so much for your reply. I think my gallbladder and liver is needing more examination from what you have said. I have an appointment at my doctors on Thursday so I will make sure he does some tests for me.

      I am so sorry to hear that you are still suffering and in pain with it too. That is annoying there is no treatment for the valve that connects the gallbladder, maybe one day there will be! Is there any meds you can be given to help relieve the pain?

      I am trying to eat small amounts when I can for the time being.

      Thank you,

      Lorne

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