Hi all. I've got some kind of abdominal issue going on.. Started out with major diarreha, lots of burping and tooting, neverending headace and I had no appetite at all. Abdomen was very distended and painful. Not able to eat anything but soup and crackers. Been tested for H-pylori, negative. Full CBC came back ok too. Sill waiting on results of other possible bacterial infections. Tried eating some oatmeal last night, that didn't go well at all. I'm so fatigued from no nourishment. I'm also a chronic pain patient (since 1996) and I hurt like hell from the neck on down. My pain doc says that my body knows something is wrong and is reacting to it and that once I get this under control the pain should subside. If all tests come back ok, guess we're looking at gastritis, which I know nothing about. Pain doc said mine is caused by stress, which I've had huge amounts of since last September. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!!
Were you reffered to a gastroenterologist? Or gotten an endoscopy?
Hi eaquin. Not yet. Symptoms have lessened a little bit. I've started on a probiotic and am also taking Prilosec. I was actually able to eat half of a pineapple last night with no trouble. I'm trying things little by little to see how my gut responds to it. Did I mention I also have Celiac? I haven't stayed on a strict celiac diet, but maybe I should. I was diagnosed around 2003. Found I can eat some gluten containing items with no problem, well I shouldn't say no problem, the inside of my intestines probably would have preferred I didn't eat any gluten.
If you have celiac, stick strictly to a gluten free diet. You may well be right that your intestines would prefer no gluten. Not sticking to an exclusively gluten free regime may be the source of your current food problems.