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Thank you @dlydailyhope for all the support and concern.
I'm in the United states and under 21. I remmember thinking at first that I was probably stressed out and that's why I felt so sick, but the stress stopped and my tummy continued. I've had two endoscopes and one fairly recent colonoscopy with a bunch of scanning that I forgot the name of. We did all the bloodwork and I did indeed take an ultrasound for my lower abdomen. I drink plenty of water and usually have no issue- it's food that gives me a hard time. I also listened the best I could to the doctors when they explained their findings, but different doctors would give me different answers about the exact same test result. As you can imagine, I got very confused very quickly.
Unfortunately, I don't have much help advocating but at this time I took a step back from medical professionals. What I'm able to keep down really varies, I've done much better at keeping food down because I'm eating baby portions. I don't fully remember if we did any toxicity tests but we checked for some viruses they suspected I might have. They got nothing from this. I have a note explaining how I've tried every single medication my doctor could prescribe for gut health and that's when I started smoking marijuana medicinally with another doctor agreeing it could help the pain. I do NOT like what it does to my mental state, but I can function somewhat now.
I've had two COVID shots and a booster years ago and I also don't experience mirgraines.
Honestly, when I posted I saw how long ago other accounts were active and assumed I'd just be getting this out for myself, but I really appreciate how you're asking more questions than the doctors I've seen.
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Have you tried protein drinks, smoothies or milk shakes with healthy fats, protein, organic fruits/veggies? Have you tried taking a probiotic to help your gut recover some healthy bacteria? You may want to look up building back up your microbiome in your gastrointestinal system.
1. https://www.healthline.com/health/10-gut-foods
2. https://healthpath.com/gut-health/restore-gut-flora/
3. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/5-simple-ways-to-improve-gut-health
4. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325293
5. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/25201-gut-microbiome
I add this to my protein shakes/smoothies:
COUNTRY FARMS Super Greens Berry... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRLGSH3F?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
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@lexic10
Here are a couple thoughts to consider:
1. Covid 19 is known to mess with your gut. See links below.
-https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/covid-19-disrupts-gut-microbiome
-https://time.com/7027179/covid-19-gastrointestinal-symptoms/
-https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q842
2. Did the tests indicate where you had internal bleeding (was it in your stomach or colon)? If you use aspirin, Motrin/ibuprofen, Advil, or Aleve (all NSAIDs), this can cause bleeding in your gastrointestinal tract. It would be good to stop taking them for pain relief and use Tylenol/acetaminophen instead. Check your endoscopy and colonoscopy reports to see if it showed any erosions or bleeding. I had to stop NSAIDs when they found erosions in my esophagus and stomach (diagnosed with esophagitis/gastritis and prescribed Omeprazole).
3. With any bleeding internally or with heavy periods and if a vegetarian/vegan, you want to make sure to take a multivitamin and extra iron. You should take iron on an empty stomach and the preferred iron that doesn’t upset your stomach would be a polysaccharide iron complex. I had iron deficiency due to heavy menstrual bleeding plus mostly vegetarian diet. I had a D&C procedure and they put in an IUD which helped stop the heavy bleeding and iron deficiency was resolved.
4. Since you are vomiting a lot, you may want to make sure to drink at least 50% of of your weight in ounces of water with added electrolytes (like LMNT brand) to replace lost minerals. For example, if you are 120 pounds, you would want to make sure to have at least 60 ounces of water with electrolytes. The electrolytes will help you keep/retain more of the water in your body rather than peeing it all out.
5. My suggestion is to talk to your gastroenterologist to ask for a HYDA scan of your gallbladder to check function. I had this done after they did all other testing and found that my gallbladder was only ejecting 7% bile after a meal when it should be a minimum of 35%-40%. This is called biliary dyskinesia and can cause abdominal pain/discomfort and digestion issues.
-https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23932-biliary-dyskinesia
-https://www.verywellhealth.com/biliary-dyskinesia-4797127
6. It would be good to see a nutritionist/dietitian to check your diet and supplements and make recommendations. They can do bloodwork to see if you have vitamin/mineral deficiencies or toxicities or inflammation markers. You may also benefit from seeing an immunologist for allergy testing if you haven’t had this done. You may have new allergies to certain foods post Covid.