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Hi,
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Since they can’t find anything wrong with me, I guess I have functional dyspepsia too.
Mine started about 18 months ago after an episode of really bad indigestion that I thought was food poisoning.
Now I have this chronic upper G.I. burning, bloating, belching, nausea, just a sick feeling regularly.
I’ve had CT scans, ultrasounds, and EGD. And they haven’t found much. Have you had any scans?
One of my scans showed that my pancreas was mildly atrophied and that I have some inactive gallstones, but nothing that would produce the symptoms I’m having. I would love to be able to eat and enjoy foods like I used to, but I just can’t anymore. It’s very frustrating and of course I think there’s a more severe underlying cause of this, but they can’t find anything.
I hope your symptoms improve.
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Thank you and I wish the same for you. I had a diseased gallbladder removed several years ago but the burning has only been for the last few. The scans showed a fatty liver and I had elevated liver enzymes but nothing to explain the burning. The symptoms you mention are listed in the diagnosis of Functional Dyspepsia. I hope you get some answers and treatment...and relief.
You described all my symptoms. This has been going on for 5+ years for me, also after an episode of what I think was food poisoning. I had a CT scan, and an endoscopy that didn't turn up much. I feel like I have "flare ups" where my stomach is in rough shape for a week or two, then it subsides and I feel okay for a while. But it always returns. I can't seem to pinpoint what sets it off. Have you tried a food diary?
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Recently had my gallbladder removed after acute episodes of severe discomfort and a lab report that liver was being affected. Nothing showed up on various scans, x-rays, etc.
Doctor said it was very enlarged, and difficult to remove through laparoscopic incisions. Evidently a duct was twisted.
And, I felt so much better immediately. Realized it had been making me ill for over a year. Thought it was from other conditions.