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I Have Experienced Very Rapid Weight Gain (2 Lbs Per
Question: I have experienced very rapid weight gain (2 lbs per day) accompanied by fatigue and distended abdomen (I look about 7mos. Pregnant) which I’ve never had before. When I eat I feel full almost immediately, suffer from acid reflux so badly that I have to sleep at an incline on my back, and constipation. After I eat my belly swells so much my skin feels tight.
Brief Answer:
Hypothyroid very likely.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thanks for choosing "Ask a doctor" service for your query,
Have gone through your details,
Very likely your symptoms are suggestive of hypothroidism.
Go to the nearest lab and get a throid profile done.
Follow up with reports.
Once medicine is started all your symptoms will settle down.
Hope I was helpful,
Follow up with reports of T3,T4 and TSH.
Show this to lab technician he would understand what test he has to do.
For acid reflux and gastritis take over the counter Omeprazole 40 mg twice daily you would be relieved in few days.
Thanks.
Hypothyroid very likely.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thanks for choosing "Ask a doctor" service for your query,
Have gone through your details,
Very likely your symptoms are suggestive of hypothroidism.
Go to the nearest lab and get a throid profile done.
Follow up with reports.
Once medicine is started all your symptoms will settle down.
Hope I was helpful,
Follow up with reports of T3,T4 and TSH.
Show this to lab technician he would understand what test he has to do.
For acid reflux and gastritis take over the counter Omeprazole 40 mg twice daily you would be relieved in few days.
Thanks.
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