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1902785 tn?1321903724

Friend needs help soon

I have my own disability which is fibromyalgia but my friend has been getting nowhere with
doctors testing her and is now skin and bones. She is not able to keep food down and vomits.
They have tested her for food allergies, Lupis, Cancer, Arthritis and all the standard things you would
expect but nothing is showing. All this is taking so much time that she is running out of time. She and her husband have 2 small boys. The only suggestion that "Kaiser" is giving her is to go to a rare disease clinic on the East Coast. Quite frankly that same outfit took 2 years to find out that I was having atypical migraines and never did diagnose the fibromyalgia. I got that diagnosed when I moved to Colorado. So, if you have any hunch let me know. I looked up the obvious Crohns,
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1902785 tn?1321903724
Thanks for the response. I know that my friend has been gived scans and blood tests for autoammune diseases and awhile ago she was tested for Lupus also. She has been tested for food allergies and that came up as not a cause. No travel out of the country and lives in San Jose, CA. Middle class educated young family early 30's. She's close to Stanford so maybe she needs to get in touch with someone there.
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Hi,
How is your friend? Aside from gastrointestinal issues, prolonged vomiting may also be caused by conditions such as genitourinary causes, possible pregnancy, infection, medication side effect. Her complete medical history, including her occupation and recent travel history should also be evaluated. Additional imaging and diagnostic tests may need to be done such as ultrasound, CT scan or MRI.  Further tests to rule out  for possible underlying infection may include stool cultures, blood cultures, lumbar puncture. Take care and do keep us posted.
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