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Ex dp bad stomach?

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Forevertired19 · 30/03/2018 17:05

Kinda the most inappropriate place to post but he's staying with me til ds is born and for a while after to bond etc before moving back to his family.

So since I met him, he has had a bad stomach. It's like constant diarrhea. He always says its like someone pouring lava in his stomach.
Recently and I'm not sure if it's due to the break up, ds arriving soon or money as we're in a bit of difficulty, it seems to have gotten worse. He's constantly on the toilet.

He's had blood tests and been to hospitals over it and they told him basically nothing was wrong other than a fatty liver, which he's since sorted out. He's fine. His diet isn't great as he 'throws up' every time he eats fruit and veg. (he was forced to eat a tomato from the farm he grew up on when he was young and it kept making him sick and the guy kept forcing him) I've managed to get him on some multi vitamins but they aren't as good as the real thing. He mainly has a diet of meat and carbs.

I have two auto immune diseases and whilst I'm still 40 weeks pregnant, he helped me get out the house yesterday with dd. As soon as we got to the bus stop, we had to go straight back home for his bad stomach. An I'm getting so so sick of it now. It's ruining his life and it'll ruin dcs lives going out as their dad will constantly be on the toilet taking them to the park etc. That's my worry.

But doctors say he's fine. I told him to get another blood test but he won't help himself. I'm worried he will miss ds birth due to being on the toilet. He kept slipping away to the toilet when I was in labour with dd.. I don't understand.

It's literally every time he has breakfast. Every time without fail he will have diarrhea after and now he's on the toilet putting out more than he's eating. So I'm a bit concerned.

Does anyone else's dp have the same problem or know someone with the same problem? He said he thinks it may be IBS... But I've never known this in someone that has IBS...

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Diamond25 · 01/04/2018 02:07

Could he be lactose intolerant? It needs to be investigated. He should ask to be referred to a gastroenterologist or ask for a colonoscopy. Does he get pain or blood with it? It could be Chrons or Colitis.

ferrier · 01/04/2018 02:10

Or gluten intolerant.

Graphista · 01/04/2018 02:33

Anxious stomach - anxiety leads to increase in stomach acid production, which acts as a stool softener leading to loose stools, also the effect on his nerves causes cramps increasing peristalisis.

I have anxiety and I get this ALL the time.

I also have ibs but that isn't as extreme.

Dairy and carbs helps, as does avoiding caffeine, alcohol, fruit juice and fizzy juice.

huha · 01/04/2018 03:32

Yea this isn't right. Something is up. Did he see specialists or only the GP? Is he losing weight?

Springtrolls · 01/04/2018 05:45

When I was having stomach problems it wasn't just my blood that was tested. I had to provide other samples to try and get to the bottom of it. This was requested by the GP, not even a specialist, part of this one was to check I didn't have a bacteria.
I also had to do an elimination test. Had neither of these shown up anything, additional tests would have been done.

Basically, he needs to get to the GP and be proactive. He needs to grow up and start taking care of his own health because no one else is going to do this. Nor should they.

Forevertired19 · 01/04/2018 08:24

Literally he's had it for 10 years now. Long before I knew him. He was always on the toilet. He did suspect dairy a few years ago and went dairy free it didn't help at all but he is a huge cheese eater so he lost a lot of weight then because of it.
He doesn't seem to be loosing weight that I can notice. I did ask if it was anxiety or nervousness and he told me he didn't feel either of them :/

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Forevertired19 · 01/04/2018 08:25

He's been going to doctors for years and hospitals. They just tell him everything is fine apparently. But I wasn't with him at this point.

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