Okay so my Xmas had been ruined by poor DPs chronic condition... we’ve been trying to find a diagnosis for 3YEARS. We’ve had no luck. A lot of the tests we ask for ( for certain cancers, scans w/e - my DSis is a doc) they say we don’t need or that he’s very young so it’s unlikely ( he’s 23).
Symptoms:
At min every 2-3 weeks ( occasionally more) DP wakes up in agony. He says upper stomach just below his sternum feels like it’s ‘burning’ and tight and something’s almost vibrating but 100% worse than heartburn or reflux type pain.
Throughout the day of this pain he will violently vomit, not be able to sit up straight and can’t eat.
He has lost so much weight that at 6 ft he now weighs 9st 7 ... just a stone more than me and he is 10 inches taller than me!!
We cut out dairy and that seemed to help for a bit and now it’s gotten worse.
He’s had an endoscopy and biopsy ( clear),
We’re trying to cut out gluten in jan to see if it’s that.
Stress, eating too quickly or too much can prompt it he thinks.
He’s so unwell ... it’s ruining every holiday we go on, every festive season, birthdays... stress from exams and he has to take days off work every month.
Doctors just say it’s IBS but offer no more ,no painkillers, no note, no treatment.
Please ... any ideas?