Trying to understand my diagnose

[Larisa__0]

  In January of 1998 I suddenly became really tired.  After resting my head for a few moments I stood up and realized I had swollen around the waist.  I became extremely faint and found it hard to breath.  I was admitted to the hospital that night.  When measured it had turned out I had put 17 inches on around the waist in 5 minutes.  My xrays showed that my intestines were extremely swollen and filled with air.  Since that incident I have been in and out of doctors and going throught tests.  I spend 1 week out of every month in the hospital swollen around the waist.  The doctors starve me out and keep me on IV for a week.  The pain is so intolerable they also keep me on morphine the whole time.  I just finished going for my last tests they tell me I have gastritis, IBS and maybe colitis.  Is it possible to have all three.  What does it mean and is there any help for me.
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Dear Larrissa,
Reading your e-mail, I was uncertain as to the cause of your problem. I would suggest, however, that your symptoms are not indicative of either gastritis or colitis.  If you have had previous abdominal surgery, I would wonder about a small intestine obstruction.  Impaired gastrointestinal motility could cause these problems but the rapid progression of distention would be unusual for this condition.  
This information is presented for educatioanl purposes only.  Always ask specific questions to your personal physican.  If you wish a second opinion, we would be happy to evaluate you in the Division of Gastroenterology Clinic of Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.  You can arrange an appoinment with Dr. Fogel, one of our experts in the diagnosis and treatment of intestinal diseasem by calling our Physician referral Line at [phone].
HFHSM.D.-rf
*keywords: distention
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