Hi everyone,
Thank you for the really useful feedback, I am at the start of thinking that my symptoms are connected to food allergy/allergies. I have a good health food shop near where I live and will see if I can get a allergy test done. There seems to be a connection to what I am eating and the nausea/stomach discomfort experienced. I take ginger tablets for the nausea which helps a little. Certainly high fat foods, chocolate, citrus fruits and pringles (which I used to love!) make my symptoms a hell of a lot worse. Both my mum and dad have intolerances to certain foods (dairy products, chocolate). Can people develop food intolerance? I used to eat everything without much problem (probably too much!).
Thank you for all your support.
Clare x
Also-food allergies can induce migraine type headaches (which incidentally I also have)
I just talked to a neighbor today that has allergies to 6 different foods and she now has no digestive issues or headaches.
I have another suggestion for you. I've just learned that we can develop allergies to certain foods that can cause all sorts of havoc on our bodies and digestive systems. Look up eonsinophilic esophagitis - this can also have an affect on the stomach, but it mainly contributes to the heartburn and the proton pumps not helping. I have struggled with chronic heartburn for 10 weeks now with no help from the proton pumps. I'm going to call my doc tomorrow about some allergy testing. See this website for more info. http://www.medicinenet.com/eosinophilic_esophagitis/page5.htm#toch
They are seeing increasing #'s of people with Gerd who actually may have food allergies. I have bloating and a lump in my throat from time to time too!
Hello,
Sorry to hear about the problems you are having. I have been having a bloating pressure feeling in my upper abdomen since December and my doctors have not been able to find the cause either. They thought it was GERD or my gallbladder at first, but now they are not thinking these things are causing my problems. I had a CT scan done of my abdomen several months ago and they found I have a bulky pancreas. They advised they didn't feel this was causing my problems, but I am not convinced. I have been to two doctors for this problem and they both said my bulky pancreas is just how I am built and it is not causing the problem. I too have had all the necessary blood work done and everything came back as normal. These problems do cause anxeity, which can make the symptoms worse. I hope they find out what is causing your problems. It does sound like you are having GERD problems. GERD can cause a lump feeling in your throat and heartburn. It takes a while sometimes to control GERD. I have had GERD for the past 10 years and take medication for it, but I still have symptoms from time to time. The pressure feeling I am having is totally different from the GERD symptoms I have had in the past and is very intense.
Let us know what you find out.
Tedm