Severe stomach pain
I have had several years of pain in my stomach and not sure what to do. i have had ibs, acid reflux, gastritis, internal hemorrhoids. A few months ago I had a slighly irregular Z line, mildly erythematous found in the antrum and nodules were found in the ascendingn colon.
I have taken xypaxin for pain but it no longer helps. I throw up daily and have diarrhea, I have headaches. My stomach cramps so badly that I can go anywhere because of the pain. What should I do?
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Have you had a gastro stool panel for infections and pathogens? Check for CDIFF
No, but I will look into that.
Thanks.
The many Gasterintologist I have had just do not understand, can I get an appointment?
you REALLY NEED to see what is called an integrated medicine doctor. You will not find them at Mayo or at your "normal" allopathic doctor's office.
It appears there are many people who allopathic docs simply are not helping / understanding when it comes to GI issues.
search: "ifm"
Do not waste your time any longer.
But get ready to pay cash on the order of $300/hr for their services-- very few(virtually none) will take insurance. Still, don't just trust "any" one of these. First one I tried after spending over $500 for his "time" and $800 on specialized testing wanted me to take 960 pills in 30 days to start to solve my problem.
Another route: find a nutritionist or dietician through other alternative med clinics like a chiropractic office etc. That is what I am doing.
Finally, read up on "SIBO" and the "elemental diet"
It makes sense, at a minimum, to get tested for SIBO(specialized stool test + aerodiagnostics company or equal breath test)
search terms:
SIBO info
hollywood homestead
digestive health institute
Finally, good luck.
This will be a long quest. However, I have just saved you some time IF you follow up.
Hi! How are your periods? Have you heard of endometriosis? Also do you have any history of abdominal or pelvic surgeries?
My periods are on time and normal. Yes, I talked to my doctors, and they don't think it's that. And No.
Thanks! We just met with a GI doctorand a nutritionist and I'm on a no sugar(natural and added) diet. Some tests are being done and some new meds are being tried.
I have had a lot is success dealing with post chemo stomach issues with Mayo Clinic’s GI Drs
@schreib69. More and more hospitals and clinics include integrative medicine, including Mayo Clinic. Here's more information about integrative medicine and care at Mayo:
– Integrative medicine https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/complementary-alternative-medicine/about/pac-20393581
Integrative medicine uses an evidence-based approach to treat the whole person — your mind, body and soul. Your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs are all involved, so integrative medicine uses a combination of therapies. It “integrates” conventional approaches and complementary therapies to achieve optimal health and healing.
It is nice to hear Mayo is warming to the idea. Unfortunately, that is all apparently based on the areas being offered-- mostly non-medical and not much based on science.
If you look at ifm.org website you will see that the folks who teach classes are mostly MD's and Phd's. The area in which I recommended someone(?) consider functional medicine also was in the area of Gastrointestinal clinical practice. There is a terrible dearth of MD's(or even ND's) who can both prescribe drugs and utilize functonal medicine. The whole point of even considering functional medicine has to do with the fact the MOST doctors(generalizing, I know) are being taught to determine the symptoms and use an algorithm or look up table or even computer to assign a "correction" whether it is drugs or therapy or whatever. There are seldom actually out there attempting to find the REAL CAUSE and eliminate the cause. That is the point of Integrative Medicine. NOW. I am an engineer not a doctor, so certainly one most consider this with a certain grain of salt. However, if you talk to enough Int. Med. DOCTORS, it is likely this will be close to their response.