severe digestive problems

[shelbymartin93]

I'm 17 and have been dealing with stomach problems since the fall. After getting nauseaus after I ate I got an upper GI and was told that I had an area of unspecific blunting in the villi. The doctor reccomended going on a celiac diet. I went on the diet for about two months without much sucess. It only helped with my nausea. After a while I went off the diet and felt the same. Just recently my stomach started bothering me again so we went to a different GI doctor for a second opinion. She told me to go back on the celiac diet. After going on the diet for about a week I had a severe flare up. Whenever I ate anything my stomach got huge, and bloated. After every meal I was extremly nauseas and my stomach felt very inflamed. I also would burp up my food after I ate. Last weeken it got so bad that I went to the ER and spend two days in the hospital. They found out that I have severe constapation. I just went to the doctor today and they work at U of M which is a very good hospital. They told me that my sickness after I eat is due to chronic stomach pain and they recommended an anhystimie. They also think my constapation is causing the problems. They are going to re look at my slides from my upper gi and reevalute it. I'm just wondering if that is really what is making me so sick after I eat. I just want to feel better and I can't get rid of this awful feeling after I eat! Any suggestions would be great!

[shelbymartin93]

No need to worry I already went to the ER and they did a Barium x-ray of my stomach and endoscopy and there were no obstructions.

[kim198226]

Good Morning!  I have a daughter who suffers from stomach problems similar to yours.  I don't want to scare you, but my daughter had a small bowel obstruction in 2008, symptoms:  nausea, pain, distended stomach, no bowel sounds.  Took her to the Emergency Room.  They did exploratory surgery on her and found her bowels to be dilated (not normal) and they inserted an air tube to release pressure.  To make a big story small right now, to this day her bowels remain dilated and she has a tube in her stomach to drain stomach fluids.  After 120 days in the hospital, they were very baffled by her disease - calling it "bizarre".  They claim they have never seen anyone ever with her symptoms where the bowels stay dilated.  

Yes, constipation can cause all these problems.  Especially an obstruction, which can be very dangerous.  I am a Registered Nurse.  Please do me a favor.  Right now, I can't help my daughter - but I can please ask you to go the the Emergency Room, ecspecially when you stomach is distended.  Did you doctor order any tests or just say it might be "IBS"?  We've seen every Gastrointestinal Dr. in town.  Please, let me know how your doing.  I mean that with all my heart.  As a nurse, I care a lot about others.  

[shelbymartin93]

Any idea if constaption can cause all theese problems! Any way to help?

[piddle]

Oh my goodness - I have the exact same symptoms at the moment.  Every time I eat my stomach balloons, I feel constantly nauseous.  It goes down overnight but then starts all over again after breakfast.  I broke my sacrum 3 weeks ago which is at at the bottom of the spine and was on a lot of painkillers which made me constipated.  Laxatives got my bowels moving again but not back to normal.  After reading your post I wonder if my bowels are still backed up.  It feels like there's a cork in my stomach!  Doctors have suggested IBS but that seems really weird that I should 'suddenly' develop it!