Smell/Taste and Thought of food makes me nauseous

[rose.15]

Hi Everyone,

I was just wondering if this has ever happened to anyone, for the past little while whenever I am trying to eat food i start feeling nauseous. Even the sight of food makes me feel this way, and when I'm eating it I feel like it has no taste and I just have no appetite for it. I know that loss of appetite is a symptom of crohn's but I have no other symptoms (i.e. bloating, stomach cramps etc..) I have been taking humira and I'm currently in remission.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Agent X20]

Hi, Rose
It was a long time ago, 1972. I'd had other symptoms before that, skin problems and various pains but I hadn't been diagnosed. Then, at the age of 15 I totally lost my appetite. I just couldn't eat anything. I was hospitalised and suffered a dangerous loss of weight and had loads and loads of tests before Crohns was eventually diagnosed. I was put on pred and the rest is history. Not had a loss of appetite like this since... but sometimes if I'm feeling unwell, I will feel nauseous rather than hungry, but after eating something I usually feel ok again..
That's only my experience and everyone's different, but I hope you get over this quickly.

PS. Forgot to add, regarding your original post... while I suffered the loss of appetite I had no other symptoms at all, so it was just like you describe, but it never came back.

 

[Charlotte.]

Rose, I feel exactly the same way now, well, plus some other symptoms. I've been on Humira, two weeks ago a really bad flare-up kicked in and since then I feel nauseous all day in addition to my "normal" flare-up symptoms. There are only a few foods I can imagine eating and so I only eat these foods, the typical flare-up-foods such as mashed potato and toast. Sometimes mashed carrots and that's pretty much it. I'm on pred now but nothing has changed yet, pretty frightening to me. I would expect it is due to a flare for me, not some side effect from Humira, probably my stomach is inflamed again (gastritis)... Do you have stomach pain or acid reflux?

 

[Om3ga1]

Try fluids instead of solids. At least at first. That may settle things down a bit.

 

[buttER]

Hi Rose15
Oh you poor thing, that sounds awful. I have had something similar. Apart from taking anti-nausea medication I cant suggest anything to help. Dont put too much pressure on yourself to eat too much (maybe just a cracker or something?), I agree about taking fluids instead.