Hi everyone,
I am twenty years old and for the last four years have been struggling with some undiagnosed issues. Basically, I have these episodes of severe nausea-- nausea where I can't even stand up straight, and have to be by the toilet. In the beginning when they first started, I would never throw up, but now I usually will. I don't have any pain during these episodes but they are still completely debilitating. I've also had issues with constipation since I was a little kid, but they come and go. Recently, they have been worse and I landed in the ER early this year. I know that constipation can cause nausea, but my nausea will come even without the constipation. Sometimes I'll have both at the same time, or just one or the other, but when I do, they're pretty bad. These kind of "flare ups" of my symptoms have lasted anywhere from about 5 days to 3 months. I've been to two doctors in the last four years and have had an EGD, HIDA scan, emptying study, and blood work. They could not find anything. The first doctor I went to didn't believe me at all, and sent me on my way saying I was completely fine. Now the doctors say that there's nothing else they can do and just want to keep trying more medication instead of finding the problem. It's been hard too because I have gone long periods (months) with little to no symptoms, so I think that it's going away, but it always comes back, almost with a vengeance. I know that these aren't typical symptoms of IBD but they are truly debilitating and seem to come and go like I've read IBD symptoms often do. Another question I had is that if I were to have a colonoscopy, would there still be evidence of IBD if I am currently not having as many problems? I just finished a two month bout with symptoms. Any recommendations or insight is appreciated! Thank you
I am twenty years old and for the last four years have been struggling with some undiagnosed issues. Basically, I have these episodes of severe nausea-- nausea where I can't even stand up straight, and have to be by the toilet. In the beginning when they first started, I would never throw up, but now I usually will. I don't have any pain during these episodes but they are still completely debilitating. I've also had issues with constipation since I was a little kid, but they come and go. Recently, they have been worse and I landed in the ER early this year. I know that constipation can cause nausea, but my nausea will come even without the constipation. Sometimes I'll have both at the same time, or just one or the other, but when I do, they're pretty bad. These kind of "flare ups" of my symptoms have lasted anywhere from about 5 days to 3 months. I've been to two doctors in the last four years and have had an EGD, HIDA scan, emptying study, and blood work. They could not find anything. The first doctor I went to didn't believe me at all, and sent me on my way saying I was completely fine. Now the doctors say that there's nothing else they can do and just want to keep trying more medication instead of finding the problem. It's been hard too because I have gone long periods (months) with little to no symptoms, so I think that it's going away, but it always comes back, almost with a vengeance. I know that these aren't typical symptoms of IBD but they are truly debilitating and seem to come and go like I've read IBD symptoms often do. Another question I had is that if I were to have a colonoscopy, would there still be evidence of IBD if I am currently not having as many problems? I just finished a two month bout with symptoms. Any recommendations or insight is appreciated! Thank you