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Chronic stomach pain
My 18 y/o son wakes with stomach pain and nausea for months.
We've tried diet, elevation, omeprazole, etc an upper GI with no additional dx. After 3 days of vomiting he went to ER and they gave him zyprexa for nausea.
Other than recommending a colonoscopy I feel like we've made no progress.
Any ideas or recommendations??
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Look up gastroparesis and see if this doesn't sound like what your son is going through. Is he by any chance diabetic and taking the diabetic shots like Wegovy that a lot of people started taking for weight loss? They are saying those can cause gastroparesis.
I was one that got it out of the blue, but I was in my late 30's to early 40's. I don't know what caused mine, but I know what it feels like to have an attack that ends in non-stop dry heaves that won't stop without going to ER for IV medication.
Does he almost always feel full, like he ate a full meal?? If so, good chance he has gastroparesis. It is an issue with the digestive system when it is very slow in digesting the food he eats. When I start to have an attack my upper abdomen, under my ribs, but more centered, gets extremely hard and starts in spasms. If I don't catch it when it first starts it goes into vomiting and diarrhea and then dry heaves. My GI wrote me a script for Phenergan Suppositories, since nothing goes through the stomach. I lay down to keep it in and when the mouth starts getting real dry I know it is working and I am able to fall asleep and when I wake up the horrible pain is gone, but it feels like someone kicked me in the abdomen for several days.
Very small amounts of food for meals, with more meals each day is how I handle it. I use a lot of bone broth to keep my protein levels up, and use ginger tea to keep the stomach settled and aid digestion. I also use yogurt but only the varieties made without dairy. Does your son have a lactose intolerance?? Good luck in getting him better. It would be difficult to go through at that young age.
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2 ReactionsCould it be gastroparesis? Or I'd or ibs?
Just some common things that could lead to. If anxiety is also in mix then explore FND, AMPS.
Not saying he has any of these just things to explore as alot of them have similar treatments (except ofcourse crohns)
Hi Have you tried Peppermint Tea, I take this three times a day. You can also get Peppermint tablets to take with water. Good for Nausea, Bloating and Indigestion. I have Irritable bowel syndrome, which is also helped by Peppermint. You could try cutting out all dairy products and wheat which causes a lot of problems with the digestion system. Hope this helps.