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Daughter feels hungry constantly but eating food makes her feel sick
My 22 year old daughter has been dealing with undiagnosed stomach/digestive illness for the past 5 years. As she explains it, she feels hungry constantly despite eating regular meals and eating more food just makes her feel more sick. Her Leptin levels are normal. It is becoming debilitating and making it very hard for her to live normally. She cannot eat fruits and vegetables, as that just causes additional stomach pain and gas.
She is working with a Gastroenterologist and has had colonoscopies and endoscopies and everything always comes back normal. She has had gastric emptying tests and stool tests and everything comes back normal. She has had MRI’s and x-rays of her stomach.
She has seen more than 25 doctors over the years including gynecologist, neurologist and endocrinologists. Everything comes back normal (Thank God!) but yet she is still suffering.
What are we missing? Has anyone dealt with anything like this? Any advice or suggestions of where to go from here? Which type of MD or specialist may be able to help? Thank you in advance for your responses. It is greatly appreciated.
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sounds like she could be reacting to chemicals in foods. (I'm thinking glyphosate, which kills our gut flora and is used on many crops) - have you tried going completely organic? and the constant hunger might be her body looking for nutrients needed; possibly an organic multivitamin might help? Keep us informed please.
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6 Reactions@lauracbaker. From the post, it seems like she has absorption problems, maybe the small ingestion issue ? Or, maybe missing key enzymes ?….. I read about a thing you can put in the big bowl you wash fruits and veggies in…leave it a short time and the foods will be freer of chemicals on their surface, safer to eat…amazon sells them…supposed to help immuno-compromised people…i have no idea if it’s what they promise…maybe? worth a try ?…… Wishing her better days .
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6 Reactions@nycmusic could it be spasms in the duodinem ? If so, very treatable with amitriptyline…i say these things as questions for docs.
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4 Reactions@gingerdelmarco
It sounds like she and you have been very thorough. It's frustrating to go through all that testing and still have no answers.
Has she already seen a dietician and perhaps tried an elimination diet? Has she seen an allergist?
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7 Reactions@nycmusic Thank you! she is currently on that medication.
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1 Reaction@susanf8 Thank you! She has seen an allergist and dietician.
@nycmusic Thank you!!!!
@lauracbaker Thank you!
@nycmusic darn auto-correct ! It should read ‘small intestine’.
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1 Reaction@lauracbaker my auto-correct goofed..again… I was referring to the possibility of absorption problems being due to small intestine problems, not ‘’small ingestion’’ problems !