For the last couple of months I've had two bouts of a sort of digestive/gastro illness and I don't understand why.
It starts with tiredness and lethargy, plus a strange feeling of fluttering in the roof of my mouth. By dinner time, I've started having diarrhoea and have completely gone off food. It then lasts for another couple of days before going away again.
I am unemployed and rarely leave the house. The last time I did this week was on Monday, very briefly, but I've been inside since then. My husband, who does get out and about, is not ill at all. I can't see how it could be an infection.
I do have food sensitivities and have recently done the FODMAP elimination diet and have removed a number of things that affect me. This doesn't feel like the IBS did, though. I feel much more like I have an infection, except that I can't see how I could have one.
It's not painful, though I have discomfort in the lower left abdomen (colon) and I do tend to feel a bit nauseous. Mostly, though, I'm just absolutely exhausted. Before it started today, I was very lethargic and my husband commented that I was pale. I said I wasn't ill, just low in mood, but lo and behold...
I have anxiety, especially around gastric issues, so this is a massive trigger of anxiety for me. I can't tell whether the anxiety has triggered it, though. I have absolutely no idea what's causing it. There are no obvious food triggers, and I've just been through the process of eliminating my trigger foods anyway and am not eating them any more. I am really confused.
Anyone got any ideas what might be making me ill?
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What's making me ill?
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kitsabits · 27/03/2019 19:26
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