I have been very ill months. Then I had a Gastric Emptying study.....
Yesterday, I went to the hospital for your everyday, routine procedure. A Gastric Emptying Study. If you never had one, thank your lucky stars. If you need one, I want to warn you now.
No one told me that it makes you sicker than you already are, in fact most of the research provided on line states how safe or minimal side effects.
Nothing or no one tells you that you will vomit your guts up for hours after being sent home. Laying on the floor shaking, or how you can barely walk. Your insides feel as though flames are coursing through your body. Your liver hurts, brain feels numb, tingly and on fire, your eye balls burn. As if flames are coming from your eyes and any minute you will spontaneous combust. My joints hurt my entire thoracic cavity hurts and the list goes on.
I was sick before the test, now I feel like dying. I literally told my husband I was dying and I'm laying here suffering.
I then had a recent conversation with my sister, who was diagnosed with Crohn s last year. She had the same test and told me I would be fine in a week.
The problem is if you live alone. Had I known I was going to be this sick, I would not taken this test. My husband works 10 hors a day, he sleeps six, so I haven't even seen him yet. Toilet water looks good enough to drink, to weak to crawl to the kitchen.
If your going to have this test, be prepared to be violently ill. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS TEST to anyone. FIND A SAFER TEST. I can't believe its legal......
Para ser honesto, reacciono mal a muchas pruebas y tengo efectos secundarios que se consideran raros. Por lo tanto, es una pesadilla si necesito que me hagan algo. Me hice un análisis de sangre hace tres años con una enfermera que no sabía lo que hacía. Todavía tengo dolor ahora. El estrés me provocó SII. La próxima vez que necesité un análisis de sangre, fui al hospital para que me lo hicieran expertos en el campo. Se hizo sin lesiones, lo cual fue un alivio. Sin embargo, me salió una erupción e intensa quemazón. Me dijeron que era una reacción al paño antiséptico o al tipo de aguja utilizado. También tuve espasmos nerviosos.
Todo esto significa que tengo que pasar por todas las complicaciones que tengo cuando veo a médicos y dentistas. Sospecho que el Asperger me da hipersensibilidades y aumenta mis ansiedades.
Estas son algunas alternativas a la prueba de vaciado gástrico
una prueba de aliento, en la que comes una comida preparada con un tipo específico de carbono y das muestras de aliento cada pocas horas para que tu médico pueda analizar su contenido
la SmartPill, una cápsula electrónica que te tragas, que viaja por tu tracto digestivo y envía datos a un receptor de datos que llevas contigo durante toda la prueba
un ultrasonido, que puede permitir que tu médico vea tu tracto digestivo y decida si algo distinto a la gastroparesia está causando tus síntomas
una endoscopia gastrointestinal (GI) superior, en la que tu médico usa un endoscopio para ver tu esófago, estómago y el principio de tu intestino delgado para verificar si hay gastroparesia o bloqueo
una serie de GI superior, en la que bebes bario (que es fácil de ver en una radiografía) y te toman una serie de radiografías de tu intestino delgado
Hi Poppa:
I requested a safe test from Doctor, whom insisted there was no other test available.
I EVEN suggested swallowing a small camera, an ultrasound but I had the upper GI endoscopy previously performed. That's why this test was ordered.
I am into the 24 hour mark of the completion of the test. I'm still very ill and weak.
No tuvimos ningún problema en absoluto, ya que nos dieron comida que, de todos modos, no causa ningún problema. ¿Podría ser la comida o el líquido donde se mezcló el trazador? Es solo comida/líquido alimenticio (o agua, que la mayoría de los centros lamentablemente no hacen) ligeramente radiactivo que comes como lo harías en casa.
No hay nada más que eso.
PERO si obtienes un alimento portador que normalmente no comes o al que eres alérgico o intolerante, por supuesto que tendrás todos los síntomas con él.
La prueba en sí, que sigue a tu comida para ver qué tan rápido sale de tu estómago, realmente no es invasiva, no reaccionarás al trazador radiactivo no proteico,
pero quizás a la proteína EN la COMIDA DADA.
Nos dieron huevos y leche y realmente me pregunté cómo eso podría encajar en todos...
Aunque la cantidad de radiación es pequeña, es posible que aún hayas reaccionado a ella. Le explicaría de nuevo a tu médico cómo te has sentido mal con esta prueba, ya que es importante establecer a qué has reaccionado para futuras referencias, ya sea a la comida o a la sustancia radiactiva.
Pregunta de nuevo sobre la pastilla-cámara y pregunta a diferentes médicos sobre esto.
My husband just had this done and got so sick I had to take him to the ER. They insisted it couldn't have been from the study and it was a virus but he felt ok before the test. I don't know what he would have done if I hadn't been there.. he could barely walk he was vomiting, diarrhea, his head hurt so bad he was just so so sick.
I had this test yesterday and I drove myself. I didn’t think I was going to make it home. My husband and Son had to come get me. I almost threw up on my son as he took me out of the car and then about passed out and they had to sit me down in another car parked in the driveway. WORST TEST EVER! I’m so thankful I saw your message! My husband almost called 911 because we had no idea and he has never seen me like that. He was going to go but I didn’t want him being bored for 4 hours!!! I agree worst test ever!
EXACTLY how I felt! I doubt it was a virus, I think it was an excuse! I was happy and full of energy before taking this test! I love eggs and toast but I highly doubt I will NOT be eating it anytime soon or anything for that matter! I just had the test yesterday and still very sick today. I googled it to see if there were complications which led me to this discussion!
Hope your feeling better.....that's just crazy. My husband missed 2 days of work and it took a week before feeling halfway decent. His regular doctor thought it was a reaction. Ugh
I'm so sorry......how awful! My poor husband was so sick and I just didn't know how to help him. His blood pressure was extremely high for atleast a week or 2 after that too.
Todas las pruebas pueden tener complicaciones, pero los médicos no les gusta admitir los efectos secundarios y por eso te derivan con la teoría de que tenías un virus o lo estabas incubando antes de la prueba. A menudo culpan a un virus si no saben la respuesta o no quieren admitir una reacción. Yo tengo complicaciones después de cualquier procedimiento médico que me hagan.
Si más de un paciente tiene el mismo tipo de reacción después de una prueba, no puede atribuirse simplemente a un virus.
Olvidé decir que hay alternativas a esta prueba.
I completely agree! In my opinion they just need to let people know up front this could be a complication or a side effect so please bring a driver or be prepared with an alternate way of getting home.
That would have been nice to know when my doctor ordered this for me. But not sure I would have asked to have an alternative test completed since I didn't know there was going to be such an adverse effect.
En ausencia de médicos voluntarios para informarle sobre los riesgos, lo mejor que podemos hacer es buscar la información con anticipación y preguntarle directamente al médico al respecto.
Me sorprendió no saber sobre los riesgos de depresión severa asociados con la sedación crepuscular porque el especialista en gastroenterología no me lo mencionó antes de mi endoscopia. Después, me dio una excusa diciendo que fue una reacción inusual y que había manejado el procedimiento bien en ese momento. Mis reacciones a menudo son retrasadas y aparecen después de llegar a casa, cuando no hay un médico disponible para ayudar.
Podría ser útil mencionar a tu médico que no fuiste advertido con antelación y hacer una queja.
Finally!!! I have had a Gastric emptying test done some 18 years ago and didn’t notice any reaction. It showed I had gastroparesis. A different dr did a repeat test last week and said it showed I didn’t have it. But I have been so sick with stomach pain, cramps and diarrhea that I cannot get to stop! ANY SUGGESTIONS would be so appreciated. I have not ate but a few crackers. Drinking Propel drinks and even Immodium hasn’t worked. I don’t know how much longer I can stand this and really don’t know where to turn!? Thank you.
I am so glad I saw this. my doctor ordered this because she suspects gastroparesis. i was so sick last week with a kidney stone and this week was supposed to be this test. I’m going to delay it. I vomited for three days straight last week with the stone, I don’t want to go through that again so soon. I reacted badly to the CT contrast last week, I react badly to everything, so I have no doubt i’ll end up as sick as all of you did.
jen
I had a gastric emptying test yesterday. Got about half the eggs down and couldn’t finish eating. Because extremely nauseous and had to leave because they need you to eat all of it. Didn’t manage to actually vomit any of it back up. Felt weak and sick all day afterwards. Sick, hot and nauseous all night, I could barely sleep. This morning I tried to go to the bathroom, stool was black and I filled the toilet with blood. Been laying down all day feeling weak and exhausted and sick. I’m already super sensitive to any tests/meds I’ve ever had. They assured me repeatedly that there were no side effects and it was totally safe and I’d feel fine. I can’t eat, I can’t drink water because it upsets my stomach and bowels now. Thankfully the bleeding seems to have stopped. I can’t find side effects of the test anywhere online to know if this is normal or not. My head hurts and I can barely keep my eyes open longer then 20 minutes. Thankfully I don’t live alone so there’s other adults here to watch my kids.