Unexplained Chronic Nausea

Hi , I am a 57 year old female & for the past several months I have been waking up feeling very nauseous & about every 3 weeks it gets so bad I throw up & have severe diarrhea , I often feel fatigued . I also have acid reflux as well as fibromyalgia . Eating toast first thing in the morning helps a little & I have given up my morning coffee ( as it makes me feel worse ) but sometime after eating supper my stomach feel sick again & Im often afraid to eat late in the day. The reflux is so bad that I have to sleep sitting up!! I am waiting for blood & urine test results. My doctor thinks it's H pylori but Ive had it before & never felt like this!!

i have had bad nausea since Christmas. I have researched and found it could be stomach virus, vertigo, and others. I have taken steps to get a scope done so they can see into my stomach. This may be something you may want to do. you would need your doctor to refer you. If it is not that, keep on the doctor to find out what it is. This is the worst feeling ever. I dont have it if I lay down usually. As soon as I get up moving, here it comes. Good Luck. If I find anything that is helpful, I will post here.

At this time I have a prescription for nausea and it is not helping very much. I am scared to tell the truth. Its not normal.

My father has had stomach pain, nausea and gas for over two months, he can't eat and his sysmtoms are constant. The doctors have conducted all the tests and they still can't say what he problem is except he is elderly and his body is breaking down. Not much of a diagnosis, eh. We live in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Sue I have a couple of important questions to help you with a diagnosis.

*Do you have morning nausea? (Nausea Starts Early In the Day and Gets Better throughout the day)

*Do you feel nauseas but never really throw up *that much*?

*How much are you eating? Do you have an apetite?

*Do you have acid reflux/heartburn?

*Upper abdominal pain?

*Anxiety triggered nausea?

*Achy Joints/Muscle Pain (Less Common)

*Skin Burning (Less Common)

If you have most of these symptoms in particular the morning nausea, you need to have your G.I. order a gastric emptying exam. I am suspecting that you potentially have a condition known as Gastroparesis. This condition occurs in women 9x more likely than in men. Gastroparesis means that your stomach or duodenum are suffering either from nerve damage or nerve inhibiting. This causes your stomach to function at a lower rate than usual.

Unfortunately there isn't a cure for this disease, as the disease is symbolic of neuron damage. However there is hope depending on the root cause of the condition.

It is important to understand that gastroparesis is a symptom, not a disease within itself. This means that something in your body is causing the problem.

Causes:

*Diabetes- This is the #1 cause of Gastroparesis patients, as diabetes causes nerve damage.

*Schleroderma/ANA- 

*Multiple Sclerosis/Lou Gherig's Disease (ALS)

*Mitochondrial Disorder/Disease

*Autonomic Neuropathy

*Acute Viral Infection

So here is where the good news comes into play... If your gastroparesis was onset by an acute viral infection like Epstein Barr, then you actually have a strong chance of recovering from this disease. The body will repair the neurons and will also repair the myelin sheath of the nerves that are damaged over time. You will know if your onset is viral based because your symptoms will get better after 6 months - 2 years. If your symptoms are gone before the 2 year mark you are CURED. If not, then unfortunately either the virus did more damage or there is another cause. It is believed that if you have Gastroparesis after the two year mark that you will have it for the rest of your life.

Hopefully this helped.

Hi Sue,

I have been having the same problem for about 6 weeks as well.

Every morning I wake up nauseous.

I feel too sick to eat yet I have to make myself eat. Sometimes I feel better after eating but just for a bit. I also noticed that I seem to get more relief from nausea in the evenings. I am very fatigued and find it to be a major effort to do anything at times.

I can barely take a shower.

im sorry sue to her the things you are going through 

i have some reccomendations for you that may help if you are open to the and the may take some what of a process to see effects

1. try gargaling warm salt water in the morning before you eat 

2. do breathing excersices when you are nauseas in this sequence

( inhale deeply for 3 full seconds and control your exhale for 31/2 seconds)

3. put on relaxing music and lay down and massage your own stomach

4. try to get fresh air

5. try doing mild early morning yoga before you eat 

(any form of exercise is going to detoxify you and could possibly make you through up, this is a good vommiting. your body is ridding toxins)

listen to your body before you eat after execsice and obay its cravings and what its not craving. ( except for significantly unhealthy things such as smoking)

6. get into a affordable tai chi program or practice with a dvd 

these are all mainly holistic approaches but it may help and may be the only alternative when doctors say they cant help 

please try these methods for a week consistently and tell me how you feel 

i will try all i can to help and your feedback is grand 

thank you and hope you fill beter 

At least l,m not alone in experiencing simular symptoms, started nr 2yr ago, first bout of nausea from waking to bedtime with loss of appetite lasted 8wks, in same year 4 other bouts 4-8wks, the nausea worse with exertion at moderate level, meaning 5-10min of household jobs and having to sit for 20-30min to settle it, trying heavy exertion walking 100yds or duvet cover on etc and the nausea is so heavy l pant and bent over with it, shopping is down to just supermarket leaning on trolley and home. l can drink tea, spring water, biscuit, toast, on agood evening if settled a bit will try bit of mash, scrambled egg, small sandwich chicken or cheese, yogurt, but never sure if that makes it worse next day. Gps tried anti nausea pills no help, ginger better. Its just an existence, sitting bored depressed, more so when a year goes by without diagnosis, but l did finally get a scope and scan, scope showed bit of tum inflammation as with duodenum, scan same but was told my kidney,s were slow, 4 times less than usual, but no gp response, as if no worry. l did have simular nausea and loss of appetite years ago with undiagnosed intersticial cystitus, but only lasted or day or so now and again along with severe ic pain, my ic is a bit agrevated with soreness and frequency but not severe, dont know if connection. With cystascope l was diagnosed with acid reflux, but any acid symptoms lwas aware of re heartburn  went when gall bladder removed for choicylitus. l was put on cimetidine for ic and ar, now gp wants me to try omeprazole, ppi. l also get tiredness, fatigue, sleepy, but gp denies nausea causes it, l cant see how persistent nausea wouldnt, but lost a lot of trust in gps long since when it took many years to diagnose ic. They let years of your life go by with suffering and with mass restrictions, before getting tests and specialists to study it, lf l won lottery it wouldnt be hols or car it would be into private clinic and get all done in a week, no wonder people are affected phycalogically when it goes on months and years,  But relate to many posts above, even down to the sticky eyes that go along with it.  l asked the gastroenterologist if inflammation could pass from the bladder to stomach, he said not, but said nerves in body become affected, not much wiser on that one either, but will try latest round of pills and waiting for cystascope, and will look up suggestions in post above. Sorry for long moan, hope youve all  improved.

Sue,   I am going through a constant never ending bout of nausea also. I never vomit, its just a constant sick feeling.  I have general anxiety disorder which is treated with xanax. that has always worked before, however it doesnt seem to be doing anything at this point.  I feel silly going to a doctor and telling him i feel sick. nothing else! i can say that when i get up and force myself to move around the house, yard, etc, it DOES let up some.  Sitting at my desk all day, is what makes it worse.  I feel so exhausted from it, sometimes i just sit down and cry!.  I want you to know, your not alone. I wish and hope that on this forum all of us can come to some sort of relief.   Im hoping for you to feel well soon.

I read somewhere there is 200+ different causes of nausea, vomiting, bloating etc (including worm infestations, tropical sprue, and many more not yet mentioned on the site). To differentiate all of this, evidence is needed- foods eaten, timings of illness, bowel movements (time and type) etc etc etc. Make a very detailed notes for at least two weeks for your health care professional is my suggestion. Even experiment with certain foods (dairy products eg) and note the effects.

I just found this site. Are you better? Im in the US, and have had nausea, vomiting and dry heaves for 3 years! I have had lots of scopes, CTscans, bloodwork, changed my diet completely to no avail.

I'm prediabetic, and the stress from being sick and trying to work full time as a special educator has been dreadful.

I just retired early over it, because the job is, in fact, killing me.

I have an appt at a large clinic here later this month. It will be interesting to see if I feel like my old self at all mid June, when my contract is up.

This has been just awful.

Thanks for your time.