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Short gut syndrome

Posted by tjanet @tjanet, Oct 20 8:09am

Does anyone have short gut syndrome? I have only 2ft of my small intestines left but still have my large intestines. Having problems with dehydration,diarrhea and nausea. My doctors haven't figured out a good treatment plan for me, yet.

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davem | @davem | Oct 20 10:10pm

Hi @tjanet, for the dehydration, I have been buying or making Oral Rehydration Solutions. They are simply water, sugar and salt. My go-to is Gatorade (the original with sugar) watered down, with a quarter teaspoon of salt. This is for a 10 - 12 oz glass. Apparently this helps with absorption. Try to get ahead of the nausea and diarrhea -Dave

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tjanet | @tjanet | Oct 21 9:11am
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@davem

Hi @tjanet, for the dehydration, I have been buying or making Oral Rehydration Solutions. They are simply water, sugar and salt. My go-to is Gatorade (the original with sugar) watered down, with a quarter teaspoon of salt. This is for a 10 - 12 oz glass. Apparently this helps with absorption. Try to get ahead of the nausea and diarrhea -Dave

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I have been drinking rehydration drinks. But I am only able to drink about 20 ounces before I get extremely nauseated. Anymore fluids than 20 ounces my body doesn't like and I start to vomit.
I even drink it slow and it still happens.

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davem | @davem | Oct 21 9:56pm
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@tjanet

I have been drinking rehydration drinks. But I am only able to drink about 20 ounces before I get extremely nauseated. Anymore fluids than 20 ounces my body doesn't like and I start to vomit.
I even drink it slow and it still happens.

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I'm so sorry to hear that. You are up against enough without rejecting fluids too. I guess best wishes are all I have to offer.

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tjanet | @tjanet | 2 days ago

I have found that coconut water helps with dehydration.

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gussie | @gussie | 1 day ago
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@tjanet

I have found that coconut water helps with dehydration.

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I suffer from IBS-D and I found that coconut water just gives me more diarrhea

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tjanet | @tjanet | 1 day ago
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@gussie

I suffer from IBS-D and I found that coconut water just gives me more diarrhea

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I don't have IBS. But my GI doctor wants to treat me for IBS when I don't have symptoms of it. My symptoms are related to short gut syndrome not IBS.

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sunshine29 | @sunshine29 | 1 day ago
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@tjanet

I have found that coconut water helps with dehydration.

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I will try that, thanks. Been using Drip Drop oral hydration.

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