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Unknown stomach issue for past 3 years
I am 22 and have had these same stomach problems since I was 19 years old. I have been experiencing occasional stomach pain, diarrhea, gas, fluctuating weight and skin itching that occurs at least once every 2 months. I have gone to different doctors dozens of times and gotten a lot of blood tests, ultra sounds, x-rays, stool samples, you name it. I weigh about 113 lbs and i'm 5'9. I and everyone else in my family have been thin since forever.
I have tried pretty much every diet under the sun. I tried going gluten free for a year and a half because I suspected Celiac disease, and it actually amplified my symptoms and I felt like I was going to die. At one point, I had stopped eating pretty much all processed foods and ate nothing but meat, vegetables, and a little rice for 5 months. This caused my skin to flare up worst than ever before, and I got more diarrhea than ever. I am currently eating a diet rich in vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and some dairy. Very little refined sugar and drink only water and herbal teas. This has helped to control at least 89% of my symptoms, but I still get problems every once in a while.
I've had my blood taken plenty of times, all of my vitals are normal, stomach cancer has been ruled out, anemia, diabetes, etc. has been ruled out as well. A doctor diagnosed me with gastritis a year ago, and I was put on prilosec for 2 months. This seemed to help a little, but when I was instructed to get off of it after 2 months, I felt bad again. I went to the doctor again about 3 weeks ago and was given a bunch of tests and ultra sounds, x-rays. He said I had gastritis and GERD and I was put on prilosec again. I am currently taking it twice a day.
I feel like I have been misdiagnosed again. I'm continuing to take my meds but now, I seem to be getting stomach problems every night after dinner. I don't have medical insurance and have been going to a free hospital. I feel I am not getting the best care possible there. Does my problem sound like something other than acid reflux? I seem to react the most when I eat citris, yogurt, candy, cake, ice cream, beans, and raisins. My brother has Crohn's disease if this is important. Any advice is helpful.
I have tried pretty much every diet under the sun. I tried going gluten free for a year and a half because I suspected Celiac disease, and it actually amplified my symptoms and I felt like I was going to die. At one point, I had stopped eating pretty much all processed foods and ate nothing but meat, vegetables, and a little rice for 5 months. This caused my skin to flare up worst than ever before, and I got more diarrhea than ever. I am currently eating a diet rich in vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and some dairy. Very little refined sugar and drink only water and herbal teas. This has helped to control at least 89% of my symptoms, but I still get problems every once in a while.
I've had my blood taken plenty of times, all of my vitals are normal, stomach cancer has been ruled out, anemia, diabetes, etc. has been ruled out as well. A doctor diagnosed me with gastritis a year ago, and I was put on prilosec for 2 months. This seemed to help a little, but when I was instructed to get off of it after 2 months, I felt bad again. I went to the doctor again about 3 weeks ago and was given a bunch of tests and ultra sounds, x-rays. He said I had gastritis and GERD and I was put on prilosec again. I am currently taking it twice a day.
I feel like I have been misdiagnosed again. I'm continuing to take my meds but now, I seem to be getting stomach problems every night after dinner. I don't have medical insurance and have been going to a free hospital. I feel I am not getting the best care possible there. Does my problem sound like something other than acid reflux? I seem to react the most when I eat citris, yogurt, candy, cake, ice cream, beans, and raisins. My brother has Crohn's disease if this is important. Any advice is helpful.
ATTENTION ANYONE EXPERIENCE ITCHING:
You have parasites! Almost 95% of people have some sort of parasite. These parasites breed, and make hundreds to thousands of eggs per day! Sugars, natural or artificial, seem to feed the parasites, creating candida. If you have allergies or suffer from post-nasal drip (like I do), and have the sensation of mucus or "something stuck in the back of your throat", these are parasites "coming down to feed" on the sugars, dairy, and other mucus-forming foods you consume.
Let me list the ailments I’ve noticed, just in my own health struggles, over the last 20+ years: dry, itchy scalp (NOT dandruff, but I NOW know they’re demodex mites), thinning hair (or bald spots), allergies, sinus issues (PND), “cluster” and migraine headaches, eye floaters, visual disturbances, acne, occasional lesions, occasional ringworm & small white spots that appear randomly over the body (caused by what I NOW know is a skin fungus), easy bruising, anemia, constant weight gain (even when not eating much), itchy skin (especially on the lower legs), abdominal pain/gas/boating/IBS symptoms, vaginal/rectal itching (especially at night), depression/mood swings/memory lapses, body odor/bad breath, and nail fungus.
Most of the time, these parasites are "stealing" the nutrients from your foods, to feed and protect themselves in your body, leading to issues like abdominal discomfort, IBS/Crohn's, Diabetes, Anemia, easy bruising, Cancer, and other ailments.
Unless you go to a holistic or naturopathic doctor, your stool samples, and other blood tests will MAGICALLY turn up "negative". WHY YOU ASK??? Because the medical profession NEEDS you to keep coming in for unnecessary tests and medications, TO KEEP YOU SICK! It's more profitable for the FDA and Big Pharma, to keep one believing that something is wrong with them (whether gastro issues, psych issues, or other more serious illnesses and diseases), than to CURE YOU of your issues!!
I have parasites. LOTS OF THEM! I have been to several doctors that just write off anything you say, but are quick to order medications and other unnecessary (expensive) tests that DON'T WORK! I'm also a nurse (for over 35 years), and don't take one's word as gospel, until AFTER I do my own research.
In my research, I found an interesting link between parasites, an overabundance of candida, and various health issues. I’m an avid gardener, love sushi, grew up eating pork products, have always had pets (that I kissed often, and allowed on my bed regularly), had pinworms as a child (that I THOUGHT had been treated), and as an Emergency Room nurse, tended not to eat the best diet (I’ll admit). Yep, I fit the bill for parasite infestation.
I decided (after the last physician treated me like I was ignorant) to order natural supplements (from Amazon) to rid myself of any parasites. BTW, don’t bother buying anything for a candida cleanse (like I did) because until you rid the body of parasites, the candida won’t be eliminated. This candida buildup creates the “perfect storm” for various diseases and illnesses, including cancers, diabetes, lupus, multiple sclerosis, IBS, Crohn’s disease, yeast infections, etc.
I ordered Dr. Clark's Super W Blend (which contains Wormwood, a POWERFUL anti-parasitic); Organic Cloves; and GREEN Black Walnut Hulls TINCTURE (Black Walnut Hulls capsules are fine, but the liquid GREEN Black walnut TINCTURE is far more effective. TRUST ME ON THIS).
I kid you not; by the second day, I passed worms. Clear, (sometimes white) stringy worms (pinworms) and tons of egg larvae, were in my stools. And, my stools were NORMAL stools; I wasn’t having diarrhea or constipation. Just an incredible urge to go to the bathroom! Sometimes, I went to the bathroom more than 4 times a day! The Super W Blend and Green Black walnut tincture kills the adult worms, and the Cloves kill any egg larvae.
I couldn't believe my eyes! But I was even more focused to get these things out of my body! I even brought in a stool sample that anyone, even those with slight intelligence, could glance at quickly, and KNOW something was wrong. But guess what?? The tests for Ova & Parasites, came back negative. WTF??
So I stopped going to doctors, because I now KNOW what the real deal is. If you want to rid yourself of these issues, you must be PROACTIVE in YOUR OWN HEALTHCARE!!
I will say that once you start this protocol, YOU MUST CONTINUE AT ALL COSTS! If you stop, the parasites regroup, and you experience even MORE issues! I must tell you, however, that you’ll feel worse before you feel better. I went through the sensation of “things crawling all over my body”. These are the parasites knowing they’re under attack, dying, and releasing their toxins, which poison the blood and leads to intense night sweats, increased body odor/bad breath, and insomnia (especially between the hours of 2-3am). You may have also noticed these worms become MORE ACTIVE around the time of the full moon. For the sinus/PND issues, I also added Oil of Oregano capsules; take 1 capsule 3x/day. For immediate relief of that sensation of “something stuck in the back of my throat”, I break one of the capsules in my mouth, and allow the oil to slowly go down my throat. The oil burns, but it kills worms “coming down to feast”. NEVER swallow the mucus! Cough it up and spit it out! Swallowing the mucus (which contain worms & their larvae) goes to your intestines, to begin their lifecycle all over again!
Stay away from any sugars (even natural sugar), dairy, grains, white flour, white rice, white bread (they convert to sugar in the body, thus feeding the parasites), and any mucus-causing foods, as much as you possibly can. Buy Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth, and put 1 TBSP in water (or another drink) and have that once or twice per day. Be SURE to drink PLENTY of fluids afterwards, as DE tends to constipate you. The DE are tiny, microscopic fresh water diatoms, that under a microscope looks like Chex mix; their edges are sharp, and shred the parasite’s body, rendering them helpless (or killing them), so they can be easily flushed from the body with the other products mentioned earlier. The DE also has other benefits: can be used in a home-made toothpaste (to re-mineralize teeth); for pest control (in and outside of the home, so lose your pest control company fees ☺); can be mixed into pet’s food to kill parasites in their bodies, as well as rubbed into their coats to kill fleas and other parasites, amongst other benefits!
****FOR THE ITCHING: Tea Tree Oil body washes! I run a bath (with the water as hot as I can stand), put a few squirts of this into my water (along with Epsom salt, I find parasites cannot stand this!) and sit/soak for at least 20 minutes. NO MORE ITCHING (for that day at least). Change all bed linens and wash your clothes daily. Vacuum resting spaces DAILY. DO NOT KISS, or allow pets onto your bed. Be sure to treat EVERYONE in your household, as its more than likely, they’re infected too.
This is working for me. I hope and pray that this helps others.
You have parasites! Almost 95% of people have some sort of parasite. These parasites breed, and make hundreds to thousands of eggs per day! Sugars, natural or artificial, seem to feed the parasites, creating candida. If you have allergies or suffer from post-nasal drip (like I do), and have the sensation of mucus or "something stuck in the back of your throat", these are parasites "coming down to feed" on the sugars, dairy, and other mucus-forming foods you consume.
Let me list the ailments I’ve noticed, just in my own health struggles, over the last 20+ years: dry, itchy scalp (NOT dandruff, but I NOW know they’re demodex mites), thinning hair (or bald spots), allergies, sinus issues (PND), “cluster” and migraine headaches, eye floaters, visual disturbances, acne, occasional lesions, occasional ringworm & small white spots that appear randomly over the body (caused by what I NOW know is a skin fungus), easy bruising, anemia, constant weight gain (even when not eating much), itchy skin (especially on the lower legs), abdominal pain/gas/boating/IBS symptoms, vaginal/rectal itching (especially at night), depression/mood swings/memory lapses, body odor/bad breath, and nail fungus.
Most of the time, these parasites are "stealing" the nutrients from your foods, to feed and protect themselves in your body, leading to issues like abdominal discomfort, IBS/Crohn's, Diabetes, Anemia, easy bruising, Cancer, and other ailments.
Unless you go to a holistic or naturopathic doctor, your stool samples, and other blood tests will MAGICALLY turn up "negative". WHY YOU ASK??? Because the medical profession NEEDS you to keep coming in for unnecessary tests and medications, TO KEEP YOU SICK! It's more profitable for the FDA and Big Pharma, to keep one believing that something is wrong with them (whether gastro issues, psych issues, or other more serious illnesses and diseases), than to CURE YOU of your issues!!
I have parasites. LOTS OF THEM! I have been to several doctors that just write off anything you say, but are quick to order medications and other unnecessary (expensive) tests that DON'T WORK! I'm also a nurse (for over 35 years), and don't take one's word as gospel, until AFTER I do my own research.
In my research, I found an interesting link between parasites, an overabundance of candida, and various health issues. I’m an avid gardener, love sushi, grew up eating pork products, have always had pets (that I kissed often, and allowed on my bed regularly), had pinworms as a child (that I THOUGHT had been treated), and as an Emergency Room nurse, tended not to eat the best diet (I’ll admit). Yep, I fit the bill for parasite infestation.
I decided (after the last physician treated me like I was ignorant) to order natural supplements (from Amazon) to rid myself of any parasites. BTW, don’t bother buying anything for a candida cleanse (like I did) because until you rid the body of parasites, the candida won’t be eliminated. This candida buildup creates the “perfect storm” for various diseases and illnesses, including cancers, diabetes, lupus, multiple sclerosis, IBS, Crohn’s disease, yeast infections, etc.
I ordered Dr. Clark's Super W Blend (which contains Wormwood, a POWERFUL anti-parasitic); Organic Cloves; and GREEN Black Walnut Hulls TINCTURE (Black Walnut Hulls capsules are fine, but the liquid GREEN Black walnut TINCTURE is far more effective. TRUST ME ON THIS).
I kid you not; by the second day, I passed worms. Clear, (sometimes white) stringy worms (pinworms) and tons of egg larvae, were in my stools. And, my stools were NORMAL stools; I wasn’t having diarrhea or constipation. Just an incredible urge to go to the bathroom! Sometimes, I went to the bathroom more than 4 times a day! The Super W Blend and Green Black walnut tincture kills the adult worms, and the Cloves kill any egg larvae.
I couldn't believe my eyes! But I was even more focused to get these things out of my body! I even brought in a stool sample that anyone, even those with slight intelligence, could glance at quickly, and KNOW something was wrong. But guess what?? The tests for Ova & Parasites, came back negative. WTF??
So I stopped going to doctors, because I now KNOW what the real deal is. If you want to rid yourself of these issues, you must be PROACTIVE in YOUR OWN HEALTHCARE!!
I will say that once you start this protocol, YOU MUST CONTINUE AT ALL COSTS! If you stop, the parasites regroup, and you experience even MORE issues! I must tell you, however, that you’ll feel worse before you feel better. I went through the sensation of “things crawling all over my body”. These are the parasites knowing they’re under attack, dying, and releasing their toxins, which poison the blood and leads to intense night sweats, increased body odor/bad breath, and insomnia (especially between the hours of 2-3am). You may have also noticed these worms become MORE ACTIVE around the time of the full moon. For the sinus/PND issues, I also added Oil of Oregano capsules; take 1 capsule 3x/day. For immediate relief of that sensation of “something stuck in the back of my throat”, I break one of the capsules in my mouth, and allow the oil to slowly go down my throat. The oil burns, but it kills worms “coming down to feast”. NEVER swallow the mucus! Cough it up and spit it out! Swallowing the mucus (which contain worms & their larvae) goes to your intestines, to begin their lifecycle all over again!
Stay away from any sugars (even natural sugar), dairy, grains, white flour, white rice, white bread (they convert to sugar in the body, thus feeding the parasites), and any mucus-causing foods, as much as you possibly can. Buy Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth, and put 1 TBSP in water (or another drink) and have that once or twice per day. Be SURE to drink PLENTY of fluids afterwards, as DE tends to constipate you. The DE are tiny, microscopic fresh water diatoms, that under a microscope looks like Chex mix; their edges are sharp, and shred the parasite’s body, rendering them helpless (or killing them), so they can be easily flushed from the body with the other products mentioned earlier. The DE also has other benefits: can be used in a home-made toothpaste (to re-mineralize teeth); for pest control (in and outside of the home, so lose your pest control company fees ☺); can be mixed into pet’s food to kill parasites in their bodies, as well as rubbed into their coats to kill fleas and other parasites, amongst other benefits!
****FOR THE ITCHING: Tea Tree Oil body washes! I run a bath (with the water as hot as I can stand), put a few squirts of this into my water (along with Epsom salt, I find parasites cannot stand this!) and sit/soak for at least 20 minutes. NO MORE ITCHING (for that day at least). Change all bed linens and wash your clothes daily. Vacuum resting spaces DAILY. DO NOT KISS, or allow pets onto your bed. Be sure to treat EVERYONE in your household, as its more than likely, they’re infected too.
This is working for me. I hope and pray that this helps others.
I'm going to do a follow up in a month. I'd like to go in sooner but they won't allow me to see anyone sooner than like a month. And i'm really afraid because i've heard many stories of people being misdiagnosed for years, only to find out that they actually had colon cancer all that time...I don't want that to be me. I'm only 22 years old but things do happen. They've never given me a colonoscopy. I thought an ultra sound would be able to detect any strange things in my colon but apparently, i'm wrong. I feel like a sitting duck basically.
I think I am lactose intolerant to some degree. Foods like yogurt, cold cheese, and ice cream hurt me the most, and I have been staying away from them. But when i eat melted cheese, which is rarely ever, I don't get any symptoms. However, non dairy foods upset my stomach as well, especially citrus and sweet foods.
I have also heard that Crohn's runs in the family. I have brought this up to many doctors and they sort of just pass it up. I have not dealt with blood in my stool or narrow stools during the 3 years i've had this problem. I do not feel nauseous at all, I feel okay aside from the occasional diarrhea I get. It's not what I would consider chronic diarrhea, as I experience it maybe once a month at most. But when I do, it's extremely painful and hard to stop.
Like I said, I go to a free hospital. I don't feel like i'm getting the care that is needed there. The most they have done were ultra sounds and x-rays. I don't know if anything can really be detected with an ultra sound. I have requested a colonoscopy, but I have never gotten one. I am very afraid of what this might be and I have a feeling that I may never get down to the bottom of this.
I have also heard that Crohn's runs in the family. I have brought this up to many doctors and they sort of just pass it up. I have not dealt with blood in my stool or narrow stools during the 3 years i've had this problem. I do not feel nauseous at all, I feel okay aside from the occasional diarrhea I get. It's not what I would consider chronic diarrhea, as I experience it maybe once a month at most. But when I do, it's extremely painful and hard to stop.
Like I said, I go to a free hospital. I don't feel like i'm getting the care that is needed there. The most they have done were ultra sounds and x-rays. I don't know if anything can really be detected with an ultra sound. I have requested a colonoscopy, but I have never gotten one. I am very afraid of what this might be and I have a feeling that I may never get down to the bottom of this.
Are you lactose intolerant by any chance? I have heard that Crohn's disease can run in families. Are you experiecing any blood or narrow stools? With your symptoms and the length of time you have been dealing with them, I'm suprised the doctors have not ordered a colonoscopy or at least a Barium enema. A colonoscopy could diagnose Chron's, IBS, or much less likely, colon cancer. I would strongly urge pushing for one. Hope you feel better soon.
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