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Question: Hi. I am a 72 year old woman who is under a lot of stress. I lost my husband, my Grandson, lost my job. The day after I lost my job back in Dec. 2017 I had some tea and plain crackers and went into a month long gastritis pain, finished with purple stools and went to the Hospital ER. I had a CT scan and everything looked good except for having diverticulosis and a Gallbladder full of stones. I got better for awhile but constipation was always there till the Doctor gave me 40 mg of Omeprazole last summer for three months and I was like a new person, could eat everything! I had to stop taking it as I discovered I was taking Plavix and he took me off of it. Nothing else worked as well. Then my husband died after a short illness and went back to not being able to eat anything without getting terrible gas and constipation. I never got better because then my twenty six year old grandson died suddenly. Every morning I wake up with horrible gas, my stomach feels like a kicking and moving baby in it the gas is so bad. I have been taking stool softness every day and that has helped with the constipation. I can't eat anything but rice and yogurt, no vegetables but green beans very well cooked, tomatoes and weirdly a hamburger. I noticed the yogurt makes me worse at times. I have had for five years In a row a home colon cancer test that always is negative and was tested only once for H Pylori and it was negative. My nights are a nightmare because towards morning I get terrible gas pains and just by getting up to go to the bathroom starts the gas and I can't even drink one sip of water or it will put me to my knees with gas pain. I get better later in the morning but have to watch what I eat and that is barely nothing. Pepto Bismol seems to help more then anything. I cry everyday after the loss of my husband and grandson and was wondering if all this stress is making me worse. I do drink a half of a diet soda and eat a lot of hard candy through the day. I am beginning to think I have a dairy allergy as it seems to have been bothering me when I eat dairy. I know this is a lot to read but I am so scared to go to a Gastro as I have heart skips even if you mention doing tests.
Brief Answer:
Add some anti anxiety.No tests required.
Detailed Answer:
Hello my dear patient and thanks for trusting this forum to answer your query,
My heartfelt sympathy with you but life is tough and we have to cope with it.Even the doctor who is answering your query is having half body paralysis but life goes on and is some times brutal but all we can do is pray and learn to live with the things.I am extremely sorry for a late reply I think there was some problem with the server.
Moving to your query.In your case what seems to be the main culprit is your anxiety.Anxiety stimulates our autonomous nervous system which can't be controlled by us.Rate of peristalsis in intestines may decrease or increase depending on cases.Now what happens is that the food you take starts to stagnate in your gut and is acted upon by a number of toxic bacterium and yeast.This causes incomplete fermentation of food which releases large amount of toxic gases.These gases compresses the intestines and causes inflammation.Now nerves runs through these intestines.Extra pressure exerted by these gases presses inflamed intestine and nerve hence causing spasms off and on pain.Secondly colonies of toxic bacteria and yeast are formed in the food stagnated area adding up to problem.
First thing I would suggest you is to start taking lactium.Its a natural anti anxiety supplement.I know you have suffered catastrophic loses in last few years but you have to stabilise your self.
Time is never the same my dear.When I was young I too was on cloud 9 but time changes and life is cruel.
Now some suggestions are
1) Keep taking stool softener preferably 10 to 15 ml lactulose.
2) Take isabghul husk.Its a natural fiber and help to form bulk of stools.
3)Start taking any over the counter probiotic daily they would help to replete good flora of your gut.
4)Yakult can be taken.
5)Eat vegetarian home cooked food for few weeks.
6)For gas and bloating take semithicone and activated charcoal pills daily available over counter.
7)As anxiety increases acid secretion increase over the counter Omeprazole 40 mg twice daily.
Follow up after a week,
Have faith in God and believe me things would become better.
Sorry for a delayed reply .
feel free to follow up for any advice.Always there to help you
Try to avoid food which increases your problem.
Regards.
Add some anti anxiety.No tests required.
Detailed Answer:
Hello my dear patient and thanks for trusting this forum to answer your query,
My heartfelt sympathy with you but life is tough and we have to cope with it.Even the doctor who is answering your query is having half body paralysis but life goes on and is some times brutal but all we can do is pray and learn to live with the things.I am extremely sorry for a late reply I think there was some problem with the server.
Moving to your query.In your case what seems to be the main culprit is your anxiety.Anxiety stimulates our autonomous nervous system which can't be controlled by us.Rate of peristalsis in intestines may decrease or increase depending on cases.Now what happens is that the food you take starts to stagnate in your gut and is acted upon by a number of toxic bacterium and yeast.This causes incomplete fermentation of food which releases large amount of toxic gases.These gases compresses the intestines and causes inflammation.Now nerves runs through these intestines.Extra pressure exerted by these gases presses inflamed intestine and nerve hence causing spasms off and on pain.Secondly colonies of toxic bacteria and yeast are formed in the food stagnated area adding up to problem.
First thing I would suggest you is to start taking lactium.Its a natural anti anxiety supplement.I know you have suffered catastrophic loses in last few years but you have to stabilise your self.
Time is never the same my dear.When I was young I too was on cloud 9 but time changes and life is cruel.
Now some suggestions are
1) Keep taking stool softener preferably 10 to 15 ml lactulose.
2) Take isabghul husk.Its a natural fiber and help to form bulk of stools.
3)Start taking any over the counter probiotic daily they would help to replete good flora of your gut.
4)Yakult can be taken.
5)Eat vegetarian home cooked food for few weeks.
6)For gas and bloating take semithicone and activated charcoal pills daily available over counter.
7)As anxiety increases acid secretion increase over the counter Omeprazole 40 mg twice daily.
Follow up after a week,
Have faith in God and believe me things would become better.
Sorry for a delayed reply .
feel free to follow up for any advice.Always there to help you
Try to avoid food which increases your problem.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
Brief Answer:
Follow up.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you so much,
If you are on plavix you can take Ranitidine 300 mg a H 2 blocker instead of Omeprazole.
Hope you would be relieved soon.
Would pray for you too.
Hope I was helpful.
Thank you.
You may rate the answer.
Follow up.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you so much,
If you are on plavix you can take Ranitidine 300 mg a H 2 blocker instead of Omeprazole.
Hope you would be relieved soon.
Would pray for you too.
Hope I was helpful.
Thank you.
You may rate the answer.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
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Great advice. I however been told not to take the Omeprazole as I am taking Plavix and it lowers the strength of the Plavix. I take for my anxiety Lorazepam twice a day, doesn't help. I do take the Omeprazole 40Mg anyway.
I will try your kind suggestions as your diagnoses seems to fit.
You are so right about getting older and this cruel world, Mother nature sure plays tricks on you when you are younger..
Have a good day and praying for you as well.
Great advice. I however been told not to take the Omeprazole as I am taking Plavix and it lowers the strength of the Plavix. I take for my anxiety Lorazepam twice a day, doesn't help. I do take the Omeprazole 40Mg anyway.
I will try your kind suggestions as your diagnoses seems to fit.
You are so right about getting older and this cruel world, Mother nature sure plays tricks on you when you are younger..
Have a good day and praying for you as well.
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