nauseous after eating or drinking Posted: 08-10-08 00:09am
I'm a 21 year old male, non-smoker,
non-drinker. Family history of
gall-bladder issues and ulcers, and a bit
of diabetes...
I've been experiencing these symptoms for
a little over two weeks now and I need
some help.
The doctor I saw thinks it could be acid
reflux, but nothing I've found in regards
to symptoms seems too convincing yet, I
was hoping for some other opinions.
My symptoms began abruptly 16 days ago...
I woke up at about 10 AM with a terrible
burning/indigestion feeling in my stomach,
and I could taste the dinner I'd had the
night before with each burp I had... but
as I got up and moving and went through my
morning routine, this burning went away --
this was not an unusual occurrence at this
time, I get this every few months and
didn't think anything of it.
However, later that afternoon as my
stomach became 'empty' and I got hungry I
was overwhelmed by an extraordinary urge
to vomit for about 20 to 30 minutes -- I
chalked this up to low blood sugar (not
having eaten all day), sometimes not
eating can make me nauseas, but not like
this typically.
-- Also, it wasn't a burning or painful
sensation ... it was just really really
uncomfortable, as if my stomach was
spasming upwards or something...
Anyway, I went and had lunch on my break
and came back to work a few hours later...
but again I was feeling the overwhelming
urge to vomit, drinking water only made it
worse.
The weekend came (and I worked both
Saturday and Sunday) ... and this feeling
didn't return until I worked again on
Monday and has not rectified itself
since...
Only a few things can pass into my stomach
without producing this feeling, #1 on the
list is ice-cream, for whatever reason...
Soup is a close second.
Fresh fruit however seems to induce this
feeling/the urge to vomit pretty heavily
(apples and grapes being the worst
offenders)...
I saw a doctor, and she thought it was
stress-related (like acid reflux can be),
and told me to take prilosec every day for
a while and see if it goes away, and
furthermore to take Maalox if I felt like
my symptoms were coming back.
The Prilosec has helped marginally, but my
symptoms are still there, they make me
particular susceptible to motion (i.e.
driving)...
What's strange about all of this is that I
still have my appetite, in fact the only
time I feel 'OK' is when I'm really hungry
(i.e. have not eaten all day) because then
my stomach is empty... however drinking
water too fast when I'm hungry can still
make me sick.
-- Having fairly regular bowel movements,
reduction in frequency/mass, but that's
undoubtedly due to the fact that I'm
hardly eating, at least compared to how
much I used to eat...
The thing I'm worried about the most is my
gall-bladder... three other family members
have had theirs removed (one due to
gall-stones, the others due to digestive
issues).
I also just really want to hear from
people with acid reflux to see if my
symptoms line up a bit ... I could really
use some help here, school starts up soon
and attending classes like this could make
paying attention really difficult!
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Swifty
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Feel like I need to throw up after eating or drinking any thing Posted: 08-10-08 13:14pm
K.D Matt I placed a Article on this Acid
Reflux on other folks, Your are very young
to have a problem. I went to every Dr.
around in AL,TN.GA and they came up with
Acid Reflux.
Check out my profile and see if it can
help.
If you don't know what to do go to swifty
and click onto it.
and go to my profile
If you know about a PM. it open
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Xantipi
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nauseus after eating Posted: 10-07-08 11:01am
I think you have some issues with acid
reflux. Please be tested. My husband had
acid reflux for years, though nobody
called it that. By the time there was any
good Rx for that, it was too late for him.
He got Barretts Esophagus which then
became cancerous. 'don't mean to scare
you, but please don't take a chance.
My boyfriend had surgery for Barretts and
is now experiencing symptoms such as what
you describe. He has lost weight and
doesn't want to eat because he doesn't
want to feel nauseated. The doctor has
paid no attention to this. He thinks it
"just takes time."
If you get any information on this, or if
anyone else does, please share info.
Thanks and best of health to you.
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Swifty
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Nausous ofter eating or drinking Posted: 10-10-08 21:05pm
I have been listening for a call from you
about acid reflux or what causing you to
be nausous. go to my profile and check on
the website and call me I might be
able to help.
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Giggy
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Posted: 10-30-08 15:53pm
You are describing the exact problems I
began having but then it progressed. I
lost 35 pounds in six weeks because I
couldn't eat anything or it would hurt and
when I did eat, I either threw it up or it
went right through me.
My doctor did an endoscopy and a
colonoscopy on me.
I was diagnosed with a slew of things and
I go back in a week for more blood tests
for Barrett Esophagus but I do have GERD,
colitis and a hiatal hernia...to name a
few. My doctor put me on Prilosec and
Carafate and it has helped a lot but I
still feel like I have a lump in my throat
and my throat and stomach are still very
irritated.
Check out my profile because I put
everything down I have been diagnosed with
along with the prescriptions I am taking.