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Severe upper left to mid abdominal pain, sometimes radiates to back
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jan 26 7:04am | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
@animallover25
I have gone to a functional medicone doctor and had lots of expensive tests. I didnt want to take all the herbal pills he ordered.
When this first started, i went to am allergist whi did skin pricks with different antigens. When I left my arms were weeping from reactions. I had to go to a pharmacy for a steroid cream. When I received the report, the allergist said it doesnt mean you cant eat these foods! So why did i do this?? Very vague explanation.
I then went to another allergist who did blood work. The results were interesting and confusing.
One finding said I was highly allergic to hazelnuts. My late husband and I loved the hazelnut dessert at one of our favorite restaurants.
Another finding was positive for egg white but negative for a whole egg. PCP said I could eat eggs. I have one every morning.
I then found a fabulous GI who did testing for dairy etc and said I had IBS. I knew I had gastritis and took pepcid, tums, gasx and antacids.
Endoscopy to determine inflamation or ulcer.
Good luck
Marie
I started myself on pepcid etc and have stayed on that regimen. Eating out is an issue because cannot have black pepper or too much fat
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@mariegrace my question with functional medicine is it’s so hard to know what’s really in supplements, and if a lot are prescribed, how can one identify certain issues….i understand why people use them, as standard medicine may not have worked well for them….sure, some of those docs probably are very good…but when confronted with serious disease, consider integrative medicine docs or osteopaths …also,most big medical centers have them.
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@mariegrace
With allergy testing for foods, some are severe and you can't eat and others are mild, where you could eat occasionally, but not all the time. I have a whole slew of foods that are mild for me.