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Frightened, and no doctors were available
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Frightened, and no doctors were available
by Raz-Masters, Jan 27, 1999 12:00AM
To tell my story, I'm sixteen years old and I've had a lot of health-related troubles throughout my life. When I was young, I went through a very bad case of pneumonia, and later on, I had a hernia, kidney stones; the most recent thing I've been diagnosed with is hypoglycemia, but it's minor (thankfully). Now, something else has come into my life... a new pain, and a new worry. As was mentioned, I have a hernia (which is a visible lump) over my stomach (which has been there for years now), and I don't know if that could be attributing to this, but it's something to mention...
Over the past couple of weeks, I've felt physically "off," and drinking anything with those sweetners/sugar substitutes in them has made me feel disoriented later on. In addition, I've either been entirely constipated, had the runs, or just happened to need to go to the bathroom chronically. Last night, I felt an unbelieveable pain in my stomach, and I know it wasn't from food poisioning because I've gone through that before as well. It was a burning, but not like fire... I don't know how to explain entirely. It swelled up into my throat and I could taste something (which faintly reminded me of blood), and I told my mother. She told me to nevermind it, so, I did... but today, in work, it struck me again, and it was even worse than before. I tried to get to my doctor, but once I got there (much to my dismay) I discovered the place to be empty and the door locked.
I'm now at home, and tomorrow I should be going to see the doctor (but my father, whose insurance I am under, isn't here and won't be for days yet), but I'd like to see if I can get some advice or be told what could be wrong in the meantime. Thanks...
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dear Raz Masters,
The diarrhea aklternating with constipation could result from either inflammatory diseases of the small intestine or colon or functional bowel disease. the symptoms of burning, swelling inthroast etc could represent reflux. However, given your age and other medical problems, you should see a doctor for definitive workup.
This information is presented for educational purposes. Ask specific questiosn to your personal physician.
HFHSM.D.-rf
*keywords: esophageal reflux, irriatble bowel disease
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