Whats wrong with my insides, I'm desperate for advice, please?

Question

For the last three months I have been going through this wierd "sickness"....it starts with quite a bit of gas, then I notice my bowel movements are looser and more frequent (2-3 times a day) and I usually get a little bit of nausea, mostly in the afternoon. My body feels like it has a cold, have aches and just feeling "off" a little. Then these "symptoms" taper off within a few days, bowel movements get pretty normal and I go about once a day and have less gas. I noticed all this started about three months ago when I was on antibiotics, clindaymycin, for an abscess tooth. The tooth was pulled and I didn't end up finishing the antibiotics because I started feeling very ill. Now three months later, four doc and ER visits to be sure, I am told nothing is wrong with me. I have been able to go about my daily job and such but my body tells me its not 100% right like it used to be. Is it my insides or a re-ocurring viral infection?...Any advice or help would be a godsend, Thank you much :)

Answer 1

you have symptoms of ibs but i would recheck with your doctor with irritable bowel you can feel awful i have it i dont know if you get cramps bloated stomache tiredness headaches it can make you feel rearly ill you can be ok one day and bad another,you have taken antibiotics which kill the bad bacteria but also the good bacteria,im full of gas most of the time,if it is ibs not much you can do just uncomfortable,if it is the antibiotics you need to get some probotics
all the best

Answer 2

if the doctors say you are fine, then you are fine, and what you have experiences is the side effects of the medications which eventually will wear off (if and since you've stopped taking the medication). Did you tell the doctors that you did not complete the entire medication, and, do you still have the problem you needed the medication for in the first place?

yes, some medications do give gas, and gas can make people feel naucious.

Oh my gosh! I just read some of the answers from other people...it's enough to scare the bejeebers out of you. Look, talk only with your doctor, and let the medications work themselves out of your system. If you want new information then get your blood tested and a urine test, and that will tell you if you still have an infection. The blood test will tell you what you are missing in your diet as well. My mother used to say that if you have stomach problems then eat bread. I'm just wondering if you took those medications on an empty stomach instead of eating bread or a meal first an that's why your stomach is sensitive now.

Answer 3

Your intestinal flora is probably off from the antibiotics. Get some acidophilus milk (it tastes just the same as regular milk) and repopulate the friendly bacteria you need for proper functioning.
If the doctors say there's "nothing" wrong, it could be as simple as needing to replenish the normal ph levels and bacteria needed for digestion.
If it goes on to the point where they recommend (or you insist on) an "oscopy"........ make sure they do a full colonoscopy, which examines the entire colon, and not just a sigmoidoscopy, which may totally miss a cancer higher up, because it only goes as far as the sigmoid.

Don't mean to scare you, but I also read a story of a man who had these same symptoms and the docs all told him it was nothing, and later (too late) they found he was eaten up with cancer.

Answer 4

It sounds like you still have an infection of some nature that they are not able to find. You can try getting something to help your digestion - try a good health food store or even try yogart to see it that helps. You should also look that medicine up online to see what side effects are listed since that may have caused the problem to begin with. If nothing there helps, try going to a different doctor or ER to get another opinion when you are having the symptoms.

Answer 5

So it started with a prescription medication?
I am not surprised. ALL medicines are harsh chemicals, and the human body is just NOT equipped to handle harsh chemicals!
I, personally, know of more than one person whose health and quality of life were completely ruined by the side-effects from prescription medications.

When you see ads on TV for all these drugs they are trying sell us, they quickly rattle off a list of nightmarish side effects and then say "not for people with liver problems".
Why? Because the LIVER is what filters the impurities out of the blood, and (in my opinion) no matter WHAT they say, drugs are just THAT - an extremely dangerous IMPURITY! So it is the urinary system and bowels that suffer the ill effects, because those are the systems through which these drugs are being dumped out by your body after they are filtered out of your blood by the liver and kidneys.

The drug may have altered something in your body's biochemical make-up which is now being intermittantly triggered (like an allergy) by certain foods you eat or pollutants you breathe - something you are occasionally coming in contact with only just before this flares up on you each time.

I would heartily recommend accupuncture. Someone I know was sufferuing terrible side-effects from heart medications, and could hardly breathe. I recommended accupuncture and they started weekly accupuncture treatments several months ago.
Now this person who was in too bad a shape to get up out of an easy-chair, walk to the kitchen (a distance of only about 12 to 15 feet!), pour a cup of coffee or a glass of milk, walk back to the chair and sit down again - or even just peel a t-shirt off over the head - without gasping, wheezing and struggling for breath, can walk several blocks on level ground and push a shopping cart around the supermarket for an hour or more.
At least talk to an accupincturist - they are usually happy do an introductory consultation very cheap if not even totally free.

Answer 6

Try writing down everything you eat and drink for a couple of months and see if the problems happen after you eat a certain food or a certain category of food. Also not e how you are feeling in general "fine-diarrhea-nausea-gassy-stressed out-etc." Make an appointment with a gastro-enterologist. Maybe you need a colonoscopy or testing to rule out irritable bowel, Chron's disease, food allergies, Celiac disease, or other things that can be managed with diet changes and/or medication. Having the food diary in hand when you go can help the doctor determine if it's a reaction to food or other issues.

Answer 7

When I started reading it, my first thought was IBS, but when I read that this started after a dose of anti-biotics, I thought of something else. When you started this anti-biotic, perhaps it took out too much good bacteria in your insides. Our intestines have bacteria and I'm thinking your intestinal flora is off balance. You can read up on acidophilus, which could bring it back where you are supposed to be. You can find it at your local pharmacy or at Walmart. Just make sure you find the right dose. Keep me updated. Have you changed your diet in anyway?
Below is a link talking about intestinal flora.

http://www.kitchendoctor.com/healthconditions/intestinalflora.html

Answer 8

I would venture to guess it's Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). I was diagnosed with it in 1988 after several doctors scratched their heads and sent me away saying it was all in my head. Thankfully one doctor sent me to have a Nuclear Scan to track my bowel functions and found it. I was on meds for a year, and now that it's under control I only have 'flare ups' when I misbehave and eat something I know I shouldn't. You'll be okay once you find a doctor who will listen and do the correct testing! I wish you well!

Answer 9

Your immune system does not seem to have recovered from antibiotics yet. Get another full examination and a second opinion, as there is nobody here who is qualified without seeing you and doing tests to help you self=diagnose. Even the thought of going to a doctor will stop some of the worry. Confide in friends and close friends a teacher boss, anyone. Just get help and good luck, life is for living an you get out there. Could even be IBS which can be relieved.

Answer 10

Maybe you got irritable bowel syndrome now.
The antibiotics probably killed your good bacteria in your intestinal tract. There are some foods that help get that back. Like that one yogurt you eat for a certain number of weeks to get your system back to normal.

Reading a little bit more I think this would fit you better in relation to IBS.

Dientamoeba fragilis is a single-celled organism which produces abdominal pain and diarrhea. Studies have reported a high incidence of infection in developed countries, and symptoms of patients resolve following antibiotic treatment. One study reported on a large group of patients with IBS-like symptoms who were found to be infected with Dientamoeba fragilis, and experienced resolution of symptoms following treatment. Researchers have noted that methods used clinically may fail to detect some Dientamoeba fragilis infections.