Gastroparesis and nausea


Posted by: dsmom , Feb 26,2008,10:53  


This may be a premature post...but, my son, D., has been experiencing feelings of nausea since yesterday afternoon. He's not having stomach pain, vomiting and doesn't have a temperature. It seems like a reoccurence of the gastroparesis that he had for four days (which was related to constipation when he only went once during those 4 days) and which he also had for 3 1/2 months last spring before it was correctly diagnosed and he was put on Erthyomycin along with Reglan. I'm thinking that it's due to constipation, but I'm not sure. Usually, he goes four times a day. Yesterday, he only went twice and started feeling nauseous after having 2 bananas and some saltine crackers. I gave him Miralax last night, and today, I gave him applesauce and toast with jelly. He still hasn't had a bm. I'm sending him to school this afternoon. I'd appreciate it if anyone had some thoughts about this. Thanks!

D's Mom
(age 11, diag. CD 8/06, 6MP, Erythomycin, Pentasa, Prilosec)

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Re: Gastroparesis and nausea

Re : Gastroparesis and nausea --- dsmom
Posted by: Heidi Kluxen , Feb 26,2008,22:32 Top of Thread


Hi there, sorry to hear D isn't feeling great - hope he's on the mend soon and I'm glad he made it to school. Will you be able to make it Thursday to the meeting? Can you talk D into coming along?

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Re : Gastroparesis and nausea --- dsmom
Posted by: dsmom , Feb 26,2008,12:52 Top of Thread


Thanks for your reply! He finally did go, felt somewhat less nauseous, and went to school. I will try to get some ripe pears (his favorite fruit!) and definitely apple juice.

You're right - I don't know if it's gastroparesis. In any case, I don't think he would have gotten these symptoms prior to CD onset. I'm just glad he's better, of course.

BTW, I know everyone's different, but, has your son felt nauseous as well from constipation?

Thanks again,
D's Mom

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Re : Re: Gastroparesis and nausea --- dsmom
Posted by: Patricia , Feb 26,2008,15:31 Top of Thread


Yes but he tends to get the "hasn't gone in 10 days" type of constipation that requires hospitalization when his Crohn's is active.

At this time he tends to have nausea in the mornings that may or may not be constipation-related. It seems that if he's going at least once a day he has less nausea but it's a hard thing to pin down.

Patricia

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Re : Re: Re: Gastroparesis and nausea --- Patricia
Posted by: dsmom , Feb 26,2008,19:55 Top of Thread


Patricia,

Thanks for the info. I'm sorry that your son is having a problem with nausea. I didn't know that Crohn's causes such extreme constipation; but, then again, it's not suprising since it causes so many different types of symptoms.

Hope your son is feeling better soon!

D's Mom

Re: Gastroparesis and nausea

Re : Gastroparesis and nausea --- dsmom
Posted by: Patricia , Feb 26,2008,11:36 Top of Thread


we have lots of experience with constipation but not gastroparesis. This was the advice given to us by the top ped gi doc at UCLA for managing constipation through diet long term:

add 1- 8 oz daily serving of apple juice or pear nectar or apricot nectar

add 1 serving of pear, prunes, cherries, or apricot

avoid applesauce and bananas when constipated

We have had good success using pears a lot.

I have read that response to meds for gastroparesis sometimes falls off over time but I wouldn't leap to that conclusion from one day's worth of nausea.

hope this info helps.

Patricia