a Lifetime of Painful Stomach Aches. Please Help Posted: 01-12-06 20:34pm
Hello, i'm a 19 year old with a strange
problem. Ever since I can remember i've
suffered from stomach pains (bad ones),
and a wide variety. Dull, sharp,
squeezing, painful, burning, active, and I
don't know why. It seems most of the
time food triggers it.
I had colic when I was a baby, and i'm
told that could be a part of it.
A brief history:
these stomach pains seem to come and go in
spurts. They can lay off for a week or
three, then come for the same amount of
time. Often occurring 4 times a week
i went to nanny for a bit and before I
left stomach pains were a natural part of
my life. Then after I left they seemed
to subside. My stomach still got
irritated 3 or 4 times.
Now, if it's stress this seems strange to
me as my nanny time was one of the most
stressful and worrisome times of my
life.
When I returned home my stomach pains
seemed to return immediately.
My doctor said I had ibs. I tried the
diet and so forth and seemed to do well,
but did not stop the pain.
I’ve tried many prescriptions.
Then I tried the celiac diet. I still
had pains.
Now I am experiencing anxiety and worry.
My stomach pains are hard to handle and at
times I cannot even eat because any food
will upset my stomach. I cannot even
drink water well because waters seems to
hurt my stomach immensely.
I want some opinions before I go to the
doctor, because for every one i've been to
they've seemed to wave it off, and no
farther help is offered. What can I
do?
The pain is scaring me, and i'm losing so
much weight and i'm afraid i’ll get to
the point of starvation (not by choice).
Any advice would be gladly taken.
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Mel Kent
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 1 Location: UK
Stomach Disorder Posted: 02-05-06 09:43am
My son is in continual pain with his
stomach but the best doctors in toronto
cannot find any physical cause.Has anyone
got any ideas what could be the problem?
Although he has a stressful job no
medication seems to affect the problem at
all.