Need suggestions/advice - since I work in the medical field maybe I am overthinking or underthinking. Daughter (18) started about 3 months ago with mild nausea. Progressed to frequent nausea, then nausea & vomiting, to nausea, vomiting and epigastric pain. Gotten to the point where she literally can not eat anything. Fatty foods seem the worse. So immediately I think gallbladder. GI doc did endoscopy, found GE junction does not close properly causing mild gastric retention, however, he did not feel this would cause her symptoms to be as bad as they are. Usually as soon as she eats she gets severe pain, nausea and usually vomiting. She has lost 10lbs in 2 months and was thin to begin with. It seems it is getting worse everyday. She had a Hida scan today which shows her gallbladder is functioning ok. Had a blood test for Celiac Disease (don't have those results back yet) but I am not really suspicious of that. She was in the ER over the weekend, had a CT Scan which also did not show much for concern. What am I missing? I have a call into GI doc to see what we can do now (of course he is on vacation). She will have to be admitted to the hospital soon just for malnourishment if she doesn't get an answer. Any help at this point would be appreciated. I have heard from several that said their gallbladder tests were normal but had it removed any way and it fixed their problem.
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animalluvr4life
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they don't like removing the gallbladder unless its really in bad shape. I been there done that route and they told me if things got bad to come back in and they would re-evaluate. mine just dumps really slow and its not the right shape (that was there words not mine). I have only had problems once luckily they went away.
I would make her an apt with dr.uk shah hes a good gi doctor in the county.
mv_princess
mv = margaritaville
Go up the road. Find another doctor. At 16 I had the same issues, finally they did a test (where they force the gallbladder to work) and I threw up on the doctors shoes he said "Well I guess we figured that out" A week later galbladder came out, I was able to eat again.
Have a friend with a daughter that had similar issues. Since she was going through some drama they at first thought it was an ulcer but now have discovered she has colitis. She's been doing better since they started treatment. Not saying that's what your girl has, but it is one more thing to investigate.
buddscreekman
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Update
Thank you all very much for you thoughts and advice. After we got to the point where she was not tolerating any food or drink - severe pain and vomiting the minute anything hit her stomach, I gave in. Couldn't wait for the GI docs anymore, took her to CMH and they transfered her to Georgetown Pediatrics. Spend 6 1/2 days there but finally got a diagnosis! Gastroparesis (delayed emptying of the stomach) which became severe enough to cause all the weight loss which in turn caused her to develope SMA syndrome (very rare). They almost put a feeding tube in but with IV phenergan ever 3 hrs they controlled the vomiting and she was able to keep small amounts of food in. Now I have to fatten her up (that will get rid of the SMA) the rest she has to live with, but now we know how to deal with it.
Thank you all very much for you thoughts and advice. After we got to the point where she was not tolerating any food or drink - severe pain and vomiting the minute anything hit her stomach, I gave in. Couldn't wait for the GI docs anymore, took her to CMH and they transfered her to Georgetown Pediatrics. Spend 6 1/2 days there but finally got a diagnosis! Gastroparesis (delayed emptying of the stomach) which became severe enough to cause all the weight loss which in turn caused her to develope SMA syndrome (very rare). They almost put a feeding tube in but with IV phenergan ever 3 hrs they controlled the vomiting and she was able to keep small amounts of food in. Now I have to fatten her up (that will get rid of the SMA) the rest she has to live with, but now we know how to deal with it.
Glad to hear she was diagnosed and on the mend.