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Chronic rotten egg/sulfur burps.

I am a 25 year old female and my only illness asides from these rotten egg/sulfur burps is Asthma -- since an infant. I have suffered with these burps for years of my life, and sometimes I can go years symptom free. When I was a little girl I'd get an isolated episode, projectile vomit until the veins in my face broke, and then was ok for a good year or so. The burps then started up again last October and were chronic and occurred 3-5 times a week. They stopped in Feb, and then began again in April. I have never had them last or be a problem for so long at a time.

These burps ruin my life. Asides from the disgusting taste -- I have to spend 12 hours in bed or else I vomit. I notice around hour 6-8 of the burps I get severe gas pains, bloating, and I cry it is so painful. By hours 10-12 they are gone and don't come back for about another day or two, then reoccur. In the meantime I take 10 mg of OTC pepcid 2X daily to try to prevent them and the heartburn that they come with.

My bowel habits change when the burps are back, and I get extremely constipated. Not to be gross but my bowels are often floating and fowl smelling like the sulfur I burped the day before. Food does not want to digest and I burp up the taste of food eaten over 8-10 hours after a meal. I have lost a large amount of weight as well due to not being able to eat. I had a baby in 2006 a year prior to them starting and I went from 185 after delivery to 145, mainly because of these sulfur burps.

I don't know if this condition is psychosomatic with people around. My husband claims he had a bout of them, as did my mother. I think for them because it was isolated it was in their heads more or less than a real issue. They have to continually see me suffer with the condition.

I quit eating chicken thinking that it was a problem with food. I quit eating wheat. I quit eating raw fruits and vegetables because they are known to be harder to digest. I have tried digestive enzymes, and special yogurts to promote digestion. I about about to try grapefruit seed extract. I am very tired of this condition. I have researched it to no ends on the internet and have found no answer. I am terrified I will starve to death because I can never eat. I have to spend half the week curled in bed with stomach pains while trying to nurse and care for my toddler. It is depressing beyond all means. From reading others around the internet world I know this is a viable problem and is not a simple "stomach virus".

Does anyone have some answers for what this could be, possible medications to treat it, and prognosis?

Thank you!
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I had this in gradeschool.  "Out of the blue" sulphur burps (that are almost foul to others) followed by horrific pain then days of projectile vomiting and diarrhoea.  Was eventually attributed to stress.  At 10 years old i was prescribed what i thought was a placebo, turns out it was a barbiturate (belladona?) the stomach issues eventually faded away.  15 years later ended up in the ER with stomach pain, they thought giardia, eventually vomited entire undigested lunch from 10 hours Previous.  Still no definitive answer, fearing it may be back and hoping to find possible answers.  Good luck all.  Glad for an internet to know i wasn't alone all those years.
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Im not sure if this will help... i have had this some issue (sulfur burps, bloating, diarrhea, nausea) for years. I have had every test under the sun and doctors could explain it. Finally a doctor prescribed pantoprazole and i take it every morning at 5am then dont eat or drink for an hour.(normally i just go back to bed) then at 2pm i stop eating or drinking. At 3pm i take another pill and wait another hour before eating or drinking. This has worked for me but it is time sensitive. If i take my meds late or i consume something between 2pm and 4pm i get sick. This took a year or so of trial and errir to figure out the time frame.I also stay away from red meat, dark chocolate, and red wine. Those seem to be my triggers. Hope this helps. :)
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Having them for the first time, I suspect parasites. Even if it's not,  the herbs to kill parasites are good for the digestive system anyway. I'll see... Feel free to email me, ***@****
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I have this of I eat too much sugar and when I was pregnant, if I ate ANYTHING other than toast or wheatabix with no sugar.
The only way to fix it (in my experience) is to make myself vomit. The vomit is awful; like the taste and smell of the burps x10, but if I manage to empty my stomach I do find the disgusting burps,excess wind and bloating stops within in a day. I tend to drink only water and pepto bismal or gavascon that day and little to no food. It's probably not what a doctor would recommend and I would definitely NOT recommend you make yourself vomit on a regular basis.
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My wife is Diabetic and when she eats some buters margarines and  some meats she suffers with the same problem dont know why sorry
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Try a low sulphur diet.  Sometimes egg burps are caused by high sulphur and thiol (from methane).  This is called.poor sulphur oxidation.  You can do a self test by cutting out high sulphur foods then the next week eat high sulphur foods.  If you have a reaction you probably have poor sulphur oxidation.  If you do you need to see your doctor to see if it will be confirmed.  This probably one of many answers.  I know it has helped me.
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