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Extreme weight loss, cannot eat. No diagnosis yet.

Digestive Health | Last Active: Dec 11, 2022 | Replies (25)

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@jmn

Sorry for your dilemma. Not being able to eat is quite scary. I am wondering, did you use excessive over the counter pain medications like ibuprofen, Aleve, Advil and the like? If so, you may have destroyed your stomach and gut which maybe the cause of your inability to eat. I did this myself due to life-long migraines. I got down to 103 at age 60. I was 138. Did you have an endoscopy? Without the endoscopy, I would never have known the cause of my severe weight loss. The medications made my stomach produce too much collagen to protect it from burning itself but then I could not eat, nor absorb nutrients. Please consider the possibility. I am not a medical doctor, but it appears they may be overlooking a rare disorder which is on the rise. Collagenous Gastritis is the diagnosis I have. My best to you in finding the cause. Don’t wait....

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I had migraines all my life. I did take aspirin and anacin for years and series of medication prescribed by neurologist. I did have stomach problems about 10 years ago and they gave me Elavil ( antidepressant) that helped me with the pain of migraines. I have stopped taking aspirin for migraines about 18 months ago. The headaches are less frequent and don't take any medication for headaches. I did have an endoscopy in February 2020. The test seemed normal the biopsy mentionned no prominent chronic inflammation. Diagnosis functional dyspepsia. I did also have a colonoscopy at the same time and diagnosed with IBS. So I don t know if Collagenous Gastritis applies to me As the GI dr. has closed my file. I will try and discuss this with another dr that will listen to me.