is there anyone willing to help us?

[rainie46]

My 15 year old daughter has been suffering from abdominal pain for the last 1 1/2 years. No one seems to have an answer for us. We have done multiple testings and everyone comes back negative. She can no longer live like this. She did not even attend one day of her sophomore year of high school. Her pain is located directly above her navel and she states that she has a tender spot on the bottom portion of her sternum. She also suffers terrible nausea, which she has taken Reglan, with no relief. She feels like she is dying and no one wants to help her. We have done so many tests that even the doctors have thrown their hands in the air and said they dont know what else to do. Does anyone? We have tried Prilosec, Nexium, Prevacid, Aciphex, Reglan, Trazadone, Effexor...etc. We have even gone so far as to go to a therapist, psych docs, no one has any answers. I feel like the medical community has given up. Please help us!!!

[Elly 1]

You could have been describing exactly the symptoms a friend of mine was having. Numerous tests done all negative, then one day a friend suggested she might have Celiacs disease (interollerance to Gluten) it took a while to convince the docs to test for it but eventually they did and it was found that she was allergic to ANY form of gluten which apparently there are several found in lots of foods. I really hope this is of some help to you. Let me know how you get on. Good Luck

[pleeasehelp]

pain in the navel area is a can be a sign of and aorta aneurysm it can also cause back pain,pain in the sternium as well a nausea. has your daughter had a ct scan.if not i would request it even though she is young its possible,does she have any heart palpatations.high blood pressure the are all causes of aorta aneurysm.please get back to me i hope every turns out ok but i would strongly suggest u ask your doctor to look into it.

[BleuBelle]

I have had 4 major abdominal surgeries so believe me when I say, I am extremely fortunate
to have my Specialists. What my GI prescribed for my pain that was diagnosed as IBS was
Levsin 0.125 mg. It is an involuntary muscle relaxer, and it has helped with other muscle
spasms. Also, I have found when the worst hits like GERD, a Xanax .5mg and laying down
helps a lot more. Having a mystery ailment and all the tests/procedures to just to hear it
over and over again can cause a lot of stress on both you and your daughter. Yes, there are
a lot of beneficial bacteria that live in our digestive tract, but they rarely are killed off except
with the use of strong antibiotics and antifungals for specifically diagnosed with infectious
diseases. Blood or stool cultures can isolate any of these possible problems - but usually
they are hospital born and extremely resistent. Good Luck

[Oye Vay]

Has your daughter seen a GI specialist? Also have you taken here to an allegerist? It can reaaly be something like chaning  her diet and or food allergy  perhaps Irrated bowel syndrome?

try your daughter on Acidophilus (google it and it works wonders
Probiotics)
Louis Pasteur discovered pasteurization, the method of heating milk to kill harmful bacteria. Years later at the pasteurization institute, Elie Metchnikoff researched and discovered the health-promoting capabilities of lactobacillus bacteria when he observed that people who ate yogurt tended to live longer.

More than 400 different kinds of bacteria live in our gastrointestinal tract. The body depends on beneficial bacteria to manufacture B vitamins as well as to produce lactase and other antibacterial substances.

60 to 70 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM DIGESTIVE DISEASES
(According to the National Digestive Disease information clearinghouse in Bethesda, MD.)

Commercial food processing procedures often destroy viable beneficial organisms, making it difficult for the body to maintain good intestinal flora. Even the majority of yogurt products no longer contain a viable acidophilus culture. Preservatives, additives, high-fat diets, alcohol, birth control pills, and stress can all result in poor intestinal flora. Antibiotic drugs are especially damaging to intestinal flora and kill all kinds of bacteria, both good and bad. The effects of antibiotic use on intestinal flora can last for weeks even after the drug is discontinued; often leading to yeast overgrowth, chronic infections, poor digestion,
fatigue or allergies.

Probiotic supplements can reintroduce beneficial bacteria into the system. Important benefits of probiotic supplementation
can include:

Keeping constipation and diarrhea under control.*
Counteracting lactose intolerance by its association with lactase.*
Reduction of bad breath.*
Reduction of internal gas.*
Cholesterol control by promoting normal absorption of dietary fats.*
Suppression of candida yeast.*
Suppression of a number of intestinal disorders.*
Prevention of intestinal contamination from infectious organisms common in some foreign countries.*

Good luck