GS with G6PD?

Digestive health
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Hi All,

I have been diagnosed with GS after reporting severe abdominal pains in many different way (Bloating, Belching, Inconsistent stool, etc.). 

However, I am also a G6PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) and I wonder if anyone is the same? My GP told me that there is no relation at all but I would like to make more research on my case. The following are different various symptoms that I'm having: 

Fatigue

very light stool and sometimes very dark (almost black)

Urgeness to urinate

Dark orange urine

Gut sounds in relation to spasms

My arms get very tired with very any little effort

Strong left lateral pain (feels like someone punched me there)

short breathes with climbing up the stairs

Shaking of legs when going down the stairs

Loosing thoughts in a middle of a discussion (Like you want to say something and all of a sudden your mind is empty for some seconds)

side pain below ribs, mostly on the right side

One symptoms that I seemed to rule out is the lateral left pain, which is very much reduced and sometimes doesnt happen when I do not have cereal breakfast with milk. 

My bili level is 43 umol/L, Ferritin is 571 ug/L and GFR MDRD is 81 mL/min/1.73 m2..I am a 36 male. I have had these symptoms for years but not together, they come and go, and always cross related them to other different things until I started writing them in a diary to watch their frequency and then started the diagnosis process with my GP through blood tests. 

Anyone having similar symptoms? with or without G6PD?

Thanks!

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Hi,

I am having both G6PD Deficiency and Gilbert Disease, and also IgA Nephropathy. I think patients like us always feel "ill" or "sick" but most of the doctors always comment that those symptons are "nothing serious" and "should not bother about them". I am suffering from those diseases for more than 20 years, having most of the symptons like other patients mentioned. 

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Hi Sackla,

Im just informing myself about Giberts Syndrome as my son has just been diagnosed. My son and i had blood tests as i was suspecting Celiac disease, but the tests only really showed the high level of bilirubin in my sons blood (i actually didn't check mine). But reading your post i myself can relate to the:

Fatigue

Inconsistent stool (usually soft)

Gut spasms

Loosing thought through the middle of a sentence

And i feel very shaky at times (my thought was my low blood pressure)

I also have eye migraines which im unsure as to why

Im 29 years. Im not sure what G6PD is, might try to find some older blood tests to see. Its all quite interesting. I for one would love to cure my slow brain.

Im not sure if any of this will help.

Simone

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My older son has just been diagnosed with GS and my younger son has an IgA deficiency. Have to wonder if its all linked!

Simone