help!

kronas · 01-07-2006, 11:56

before anyone says anything, been to the GP three times, hospital twice....

well i have a situation at the moment whic has been ongoing for a month, the problem is i keep vomiting, everyday, retching, throwing nothing up sometimes, other times its a wierd tasting acidic liquid..... i also have a loss of appetite, and cannot usally keep my food down, tiredness etc feeling uncomfortable, with some pain and discomfort too...

according to the doctor i have a stomach upset, now the hospital seem to thing its a viral infection/gastroenteritis, i have taken advice about diet, drinking pure fruit juice (stopped as it made things worse), sticking to light foods, eatig rich tea biscuits, drink water only... virtually cutting out soft drinks, fatty foods, sugary foods.

i have tried a cocktail of medications, not all at once ofcourse....

im really at my wits end, being depressed is bad enough but to have all this going on....

does anyone have any other suggestions ?

please

Xaccers · 01-07-2006, 12:08

Tell your doctor you can't keep anything down and you want an injection of travel sickness medication which stops your stomach retching.

When I was at uni and had a car accident, I broke 2 ribs and caught pneumonia (though I was just told "chest infection")
When my temperature came down to 100, they kicked me out of hospital and sent me home.
I woke the next morning vomitting, which bloody hurt!
Couldn't even keep a drop of water down.
My parents called out the doctor and she arrived shortly after.
She said I could have an injection, but while giggling, mentioned it has a side effect in young men where it can cause chest spasms (not good with 2 broken ribs) so I said no thanks. She left a lillet sized suposetry (what? do I look French?) pain killer and departed.
After a day of not being able to eat or drink without vomitting, and not wanting to take the painkiller she'd left, I said I'd have the injection.
So a doctor came out, he jabbed me in the bum and I asked about the side effects.
With a strange look, he said "what side effects? it's just travel sickness medication" and left.
rassumfrassumwoman "doctor"

01-07-2006, 12:12

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the hospital seem to thing its a viral infection/gastroenteritis

When I had a bout of this, my doctor put me on dioralite for a week! This link might help... Get well soon

http://www.wellesley.edu/Health/gastro.html

kronas · 01-07-2006, 12:16

i tried apple juice it was a no go, i also tried salads, i seem to keep that down usally, flat lemonade not affect... also chicken too... no diary products though ( i dont like milk..)

Scrubbs · 01-07-2006, 12:26

I think you might have to try some supplement drinks (enlive) which I used to drink after I had my surgery abd couldn't eat "normal" foods

01-07-2006, 12:39

Every time you eat or drink something, it feeds the bug and causes the vomitting. The only way round it for me, was to take nothing but dioralite (I think that's how you spell it?) for nearly a week, the dioralite is full of vitemins and stuff your body needs to survive. If it is gastroenteritis? Then you should be starving the bug, not feeding it.

Pia · 01-07-2006, 12:43

Might it be a stomach ulcer?

pedantic · 01-07-2006, 12:47

On Wenesday morning, I had the same thing. Uncontollable vomiting, even when there was nothing to vomit, I ended up vomiting a yellowy liquid. Also, have been having the runs (don't want to get too graphic here) Was just like water.

Another family member went to the docs with the same symptoms, and was advised to drink nothing but water for about 24-36 hours (no food).

I did this, and eventually, the vomiting stopped, but was still having the runs virtually every hour (or even less). Eventually, that subsided too, to the point where I just had wind. I then tried a bowl of soup, together with drinking water all the time. Everything seemed ok, so I had steak and chips lol

Also had a couple of salad sandwhiches last night, and didn't feel too bad. Until about 5.30am. I woke up and the symptoms resurfaced. Ah well ! Back to water again, this time I thing I'll skip the steak, and gradually work my way back to eating solids. Failing that, I'll be at the doc's myself on monday.

kronas · 01-07-2006, 13:22

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Originally Posted by Pia

Might it be a stomach ulcer?

that was suggested by a couple of people, i also get this irratating burning sensation..

Pia · 01-07-2006, 14:26

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/h...tic_ulcer.html

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddise...ez/index.htm#2

Check these links, they do seem pretty simlar to what you're experiencing.

Scrubbs · 01-07-2006, 14:39

when I was ill i also got periodic cramps..

which, when they opened me up was caused by abscesses on by bowel, as well as having crohns disease

budwieser · 01-07-2006, 15:04

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Originally Posted by Scrubbs

when I was ill i also got periodic cramps..

which, when they opened me up was caused by abscesses on by bowel, as well as having crohns disease

Sorry to hear that you have crohns mate.

Scrubbs · 01-07-2006, 15:20

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Originally Posted by budwieser

Sorry to hear that you have crohns mate.

such is life, I don't worry about it, If/when it re-occurs I will deal with it

AndrewJ · 01-07-2006, 16:43

Ate much chicken have you?

kronas · 01-07-2006, 19:18

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Originally Posted by Pia

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/h...tic_ulcer.html

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddise...ez/index.htm#2

Check these links, they do seem pretty simlar to what you're experiencing.

hmmm quite simaler, there was a bit of blood right at the start about a month ago, but everything else seems to fit right in to what im experiancing, im currently trying some new medication, as well as dietary changes.