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Vagus nerve causing constant nausea?

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Jan 27 10:38am | Replies (18)

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@naturegirl5

@hus I do hope you see a provider that gets to the root cause of the nausea. Ten days of nausea and 24/7 diarrhea is just awful and I sympathize with you. It sounds like your Gastro physician will be the most helpful as they are willing to refer you for other diagnostic tests.

My little anecdote is that when I changed my diet on the advice of an integrative medicine physician I began eating broccoli several times a week. Broccoli is my favorite vegetable other than carrots. Maybe I’m part of rabbit? But I digress. I was worried that my bouts of diarrhea were due to cancer as I’m a cancer survivor so I think every little change in my body could be cancer. After checking in with my radiation oncologist and my integrative medicine physician I figured out I was eating too much broccoli. Broccoli is too fibrous for me. So I limit broccoli to once a week and eat other veggies instead.

The vagus nerve originates in the brain stem and extends throughout the head, neck, and body and innervates the heart, digestive tract, lungs, spleen and kidneys. It also innervates the autonomic nervous system’s sympathetic nervous system - the fight or flight system and the upper part of the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest system). I am sure you know all of this from the research you’ve done. It’s possible that something else is giving « information » to your vagus nerve that is causing the nausea and diarrhea. Just a thought but something you could ask a specialist.

Will you please come back here and let me know what you find out?

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Thank you for the reply. And I’m proud to hear you’re winning your fight! Yes, my wife and I have researched the mess out of this. I’m just perplexed that out of 5 doctors I’ve seen that they all say “it doesn’t really make sense.” I’m being told the nausea and the fuzziness and dizziness in my head are probably unrelated. That’s what makes no sense to me…the brain and stomach work hand in hand…why does my nausea and meds not working for it, not make sense? I hope to see a neurologist soon and get some answers. I will update when I find something out. Thanks again!

Please see my reply to @bmoregrl. I believe I’ve found a solution or treatment for what’s going on with me.👍