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Abdominal Aches And Pains

Moongirl

By Moongirl
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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Moongirl Community Regular
Moongirl
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did anyone get all sorts of aches and pains in and around the belly area the first few months of being gluten-free?? I feel like every other day i have a different type of pain or ache AND i feel like whatever i eat i get a burning sensation in my stomach!....at first they put my through CT scans, upper GI xrays, and blood tests, and found nothing, no acid reflux either! But could i have an acid problem in my stomach even if i dont have a reflux problem, my doc suggested prilosec, but i thought why do i need it if i dont have reflux? But now im thinking that i could just have a lot of acid in my stomach... :blink:

uff i feel like going gluten-free is like a detox program! (not that i have been to one, but i can only imagine)

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penguin Community Regular
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Welcome to my world :rolleyes:

I have this gluten-free or not, though it's gotten a bit better. I ran the full gamut of testing and they couldn't find anything. Prilosec, zantac, nexium did nothing for me. The only thing that has helped is Bentyl, and that's an antispasmodic. If it gets really bad, I take phenergan. :unsure:

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Moongirl
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Welcome to my world :rolleyes:

I have this gluten-free or not, though it's gotten a bit better. I ran the full gamut of testing and they couldn't find anything. Prilosec, zantac, nexium did nothing for me. The only thing that has helped is Bentyl, and that's an antispasmodic. If it gets really bad, I take phenergan. :unsure:

did u also get a burning sensation in ur stomach after u ate? they gave me levsin, but the side effects were way worse then the actual cramps, so i dealt without it :blink:

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Lollie
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Hey! I'm in the same boat! :blink: I have taken prilosec/neium for 10 years......Never really helped. ;)

I take a muscle relaxer, flexaril, if it gets too bad. I have tried the Levisnex-but it didn't really help. So sense I get back spasms from time to time I always have some muscle relaxers on hand. I would strongly advise you to stay clear of acid pump inhibitors,i.e. prilosec. When I had my upper endoscope they found small growths in my stomach. :huh: My GI said they were a side effect from years of prilosec. Needless to say, I no longer take those meds. I try not to eat pass 7pm and I try to keep it light. I have most of my problems at night. I sleep sitting up as well.

There is a link I found on this site talking about the possible correlation between acid reducers and food allergies......

If you want it let me know I send it to you!

Hope this helps.

Lollie

penguin Community Regular
penguin
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did u also get a burning sensation in ur stomach after u ate? they gave me levsin, but the side effects were way worse then the actual cramps, so i dealt without it :blink:

I do get that, and since being gluten-free, it seems to be my first indicator that I've been glutened, because within a 1/2 hour I've got D.

I used levsin also, but like the bentyl much better. It doesn't give me a problem. I also take tylenol when it happens.

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There is a link I found on this site talking about the possible correlation between acid reducers and food allergies......

If you want it let me know I send it to you!

Hope this helps.

Lollie

sure that would be great,

thanks

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Lollie
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sure that would be great,

thanks

Here you go! :D

I found it pretty interesting- and irritating...... ;)

Lollie

https://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?p_prodi...-32106507872.53

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Moongirl Community Regular
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Here you go! :D

I found it pretty interesting- and irritating...... ;)

Lollie

https://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?p_prodi...-32106507872.53

Uff that does make me mad too, but good looking out....if i dont have acid reflux, then why would they put me on it?! i dont need any more food limitations!

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Lollie
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i know! My doc actually told me about the growths in my stomach, said I didn't have acid reflux, but told me to continue taking the meds! <_<

i mean really, does that make any sense? Plus, I did more research into those acid inhibitors, and there are studies that say that extended use then stopping the drug, causes the pumps to over produce for a while, because they are trying to catch back up! ;) Good Grief! Anyway- I forgot to mention, you can use gaviscon to help with the acid- it just neutralizes the acid-doesn't stop you from producing. I have been off the prilosec/nexsium for 2months- and feeling better everyday and better then I had while on all those drugs!

Good Luck!

Lollie

elye Community Regular
elye
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Don't forget, some docs get a cut of the total amount of these big pharmaceutical products they prescribe. I read and hear all kinds of horror stories of patients being prescribed expensive drugs for very nebulous reasons...

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Lollie
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I know! That's what makes me so mad! :angry:

I was sick all those years, still am a little, and they never really tried to figure out what was wrong-just take these meds.....

I truly believe that we have to take over all responsibility for our health. I never trust docs and I try to research everything on my own. I ususally know what the doc will say, or what he should say. I've always had trouble with meds, I try to figure out more natural ways to control my illnesses, of course, there are definantly times when you must take meds.

Lollie

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angielackner
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so um, what are "novel" foods...sorry if thats a dumb question. but i am on zantac...fairly high doses right now for the horrendous reflux i am having with my pregnancy...and i have been wondering if i am developing new food allergies right now as i have been getting a slightly ticklish throat the last couple of days...but it could also be the acid doing that i'm sure...but it feels like a lesser degree of how i feel when i have gluten, and i have not had any gluten lately, and this lasts all day...so i'm wondering whats up...i'll be asking my doc when i go in again next week...but now i'm wondering if the zantac is making all this happen in correlation with some other food.

angie

Moongirl Community Regular
Moongirl
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I know! That's what makes me so mad! :angry:

I was sick all those years, still am a little, and they never really tried to figure out what was wrong-just take these meds.....

I truly believe that we have to take over all responsibility for our health. I never trust docs and I try to research everything on my own. I ususally know what the doc will say, or what he should say. I've always had trouble with meds, I try to figure out more natural ways to control my illnesses, of course, there are definantly times when you must take meds.

Lollie

Unfortunately they are putting back on prilosec, b/c for some reason after my dx i started producing a lot of acid, and my stomach burns like he!! So i dont see much of another choice right now ;)

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