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GALLBLADDER?
My husband has suffered terrible attacks of abdominal pain for several years and we can't diagnose.We assumed gallbladder trouble because:
.attacks began after he'd lost alot of weight quickly due to switching to an all raw, whole foods diet,
.pain is in upper right quadrant and is accompanied by belching and flatulence and nausea.
These are all typical GB symtoms. However he doesn't have pain radiating to back and shoulder.
His stools are light colored and on the soft side and contain undigested food sometimes.
During attacks he vomits alot and the pain ranges from mild discomfort to nearly unbearable (writhing on the floor, moaning and delerious). He describes the pain as being punched in gut. cramping as opposed to sharp. No fever.
Hot baths bring some relief, and tylenol when he can keep it down.
I put his symptoms in the remedy finder and it indicated Nux Vomica, but it doesn't help at all - not even w/ the nausea.
Originally the pain during attacks was isolated to upper right quadrant - GB area. But now it is sometimes in middle and a bit lower. Between attacks he has no discomfort and strangely enough is in very good health, rarely gets sick and has a very hearty constitution.
Also, he cannot digest greens - they pass right through him or he vomits them up during an attack. Food wise, it's hard to say what aggrivates because it can happen regardless of what he has or hasn't eaten. To be safe eats no sugar and for fats just coconut /oliveoil, fish, and eggs.
He takes fish oil. Eats very little flour or wheat.
Ultrasound showed no stones.
Any ideas? We are desperate!
Thanks so much
wellnesswallcharts on 2003-11-22
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ok. husbands acid/alkaline imbalance.
note affect at times to greens (vegetables)
and start of troublr around time of new dietary regime.
Homoeopathically --during pain /vomitting symptoms = take 1 dose arsenicum 200c (only once)
next important to CHANGE diet.
avoid lettuce (all),tomatoes,cucumbers,peppers,fresh garlic;
use only leguninous vegetables--peas,lentils,beans -any variety
no citrus.melons,
use dairy sparcly avoid any dairy with fat content less than or eqal 2%
eggs OK
no processed cereals otherwise whole grains ok
NO caffenated drinks AT ALL
OK? Questions email
John Stanton
Homoeopathic Layman
Pennsylvania USA
seemefree
hotmail.com
note affect at times to greens (vegetables)
and start of troublr around time of new dietary regime.
Homoeopathically --during pain /vomitting symptoms = take 1 dose arsenicum 200c (only once)
next important to CHANGE diet.
avoid lettuce (all),tomatoes,cucumbers,peppers,fresh garlic;
use only leguninous vegetables--peas,lentils,beans -any variety
no citrus.melons,
use dairy sparcly avoid any dairy with fat content less than or eqal 2%
eggs OK
no processed cereals otherwise whole grains ok
NO caffenated drinks AT ALL
OK? Questions email
John Stanton
Homoeopathic Layman
Pennsylvania USA
seemefree
hotmail.com
john stanton 2 decades ago
Re: GALLBLADDER? From john stanton on 2003-11-22
ok. husbands acid/alkaline imbalance.>>>
Do you think he's too acidic or too alkaline?
We will try the arsenicum.
Thanks very much, John!
ok. husbands acid/alkaline imbalance.>>>
Do you think he's too acidic or too alkaline?
We will try the arsenicum.
Thanks very much, John!
wellnesswallcharts 2 decades ago
if husband been eating mostly fruits and salad type vegetables, then he is acidic and if supplements taken containin magnesium-iron-copper then this aggrvate already acidic metabolism.
surest is ph venous blood test.but start at this point. avoid all acids--coffe -vitamin c, citrus fruits ,fruit juices,coca cola ,pepsi...caffenated drinks.
meat should be eaten at every meal (Darker meat);
avoid light fish,white meat (chichen,turkey)
how he feel will tell right direction to health.
OK?
John Stanton
Homoeopathic Layman
Pennsylvania USA
seemefree@hotmail.com
surest is ph venous blood test.but start at this point. avoid all acids--coffe -vitamin c, citrus fruits ,fruit juices,coca cola ,pepsi...caffenated drinks.
meat should be eaten at every meal (Darker meat);
avoid light fish,white meat (chichen,turkey)
how he feel will tell right direction to health.
OK?
John Stanton
Homoeopathic Layman
Pennsylvania USA
seemefree@hotmail.com
john stanton 2 decades ago
john stanton 2 decades ago
I have just seen all the messages on this one.
I think NATRUM SULPH. 6X will take care of his problem. It appears to be related to the liver >>>> bile imbalance ???
It is a Cell Salt. Let him take it four times a day, four tabs. For three weeks.
Every half hour when the attack comes. Does it come during rainy weather ???
In this case, I expect the Cell salt to work better than a homeopathic med.
Have seen it work in a similar case.
Best,
PANKAJ VARMA
pvarma7
yahoo.com
♡ PANKAJ VARMA 2 decades ago
I have been having right side pain under my rib cage that spreads to my back and up into my shoulder blades. The pain also spreads along my stomach and directly into the center of my back. I had an endocope, colonoscopy, ultrasound of my stomach, liver, gall bladder, also Hida Scan with cck and blood work. All came up fine. My doctor has scheduled me for a gastric emptying test and a CAT Scan. But he dosn't think that, that will show anything. He then wants me to see a surgen and possibly have my gallbladder removed. But what if its not that?? Anyone can help, please resond!
Kelli last decade
hi Kelli
Please fill this questionnaire and start separate thread-that way it will be easier "to see" you. Thanks.
Try to answer as many questions as possible.Some may be irrelavent to you.Just skip them.
1.What is the main reason you need treatment?
2.Describe your complaints giving the following details:
a. What does it feel like?
b. When does it happen?
c. What sort of things make it worse?
d. What sort of things make it better?
e. What else was happening when it first appeared?
f. Describe the quality of the pain, being as creative as you can. How would someone else imagine the pain happening to them?
g. What does it look like?
h. Do any other symptoms occur immediately before, during or after?
3. What illnesses have you had in the past?
4. What illnessess run in the family?
5. What do people die from in the family?
6. What medication are you on?
7. What foods do you crave, whether you allow yourself to eat them or not? List from the strongest craving to the weakest.
8. What foods do you have an aversion to? (hatred or repulsion for)
9. What is your level of thirst, and what do you prefer to drink?
10. What foods aggravate you? (including allergies)
11. Do you suffer from any digestive complaints? What is your bowel habit like?
12. What is your level of energy like? Rate it from 1-10 (10 being excellent). How does your energy fluctuate throughout the day (and night)?
13. What is your level of sexual energy like?
14. How is your sleep? What position do you prefer to sleep in? Is there any position you cannot sleep in? Any unusual behaviour during sleep?
15. Have you had any reoccurring dreams or images/ pictures/ themes that repeat themselves in your dreams? Please describe.
16. Describe your menses (periods). Describe any PMS. Have you been through menopause? Any gynecological problems?
17. How does the weather affect you? Are you sensitive to the temperature in any way?
18. Is there anything else in the environment you are sensitive to, perhaps more so than the people around you?
19. What is the worst thing that has ever happened to you? Describe in detail.
20. What part of your life do you have the most difficulty coping with? Why is that?
21. What was your childhood like? Describe your parents and your relationship with them. Describe your relationship with your siblings and other extended family members. Did anything in your childhood have a profound effect on you?
22. Describe the romantic relationship you are currently in. What causes the most problems between you?
23. What is your occupation? What differentiates you from the other people in your place of employment? What difficulties do you have at work?
24. What is your self-confidence like? When is your confidence at its worst?
25. What fears do you have? Do you have any phobias? What things in life do you have trouble facing?
26. What parts of yourself or your life would you change if it were at all possible?
27. What do you do to relax?
28. What is something that you have told nobody else, or at least very few people? Why is that?
Please fill this questionnaire and start separate thread-that way it will be easier "to see" you. Thanks.
Try to answer as many questions as possible.Some may be irrelavent to you.Just skip them.
1.What is the main reason you need treatment?
2.Describe your complaints giving the following details:
a. What does it feel like?
b. When does it happen?
c. What sort of things make it worse?
d. What sort of things make it better?
e. What else was happening when it first appeared?
f. Describe the quality of the pain, being as creative as you can. How would someone else imagine the pain happening to them?
g. What does it look like?
h. Do any other symptoms occur immediately before, during or after?
3. What illnesses have you had in the past?
4. What illnessess run in the family?
5. What do people die from in the family?
6. What medication are you on?
7. What foods do you crave, whether you allow yourself to eat them or not? List from the strongest craving to the weakest.
8. What foods do you have an aversion to? (hatred or repulsion for)
9. What is your level of thirst, and what do you prefer to drink?
10. What foods aggravate you? (including allergies)
11. Do you suffer from any digestive complaints? What is your bowel habit like?
12. What is your level of energy like? Rate it from 1-10 (10 being excellent). How does your energy fluctuate throughout the day (and night)?
13. What is your level of sexual energy like?
14. How is your sleep? What position do you prefer to sleep in? Is there any position you cannot sleep in? Any unusual behaviour during sleep?
15. Have you had any reoccurring dreams or images/ pictures/ themes that repeat themselves in your dreams? Please describe.
16. Describe your menses (periods). Describe any PMS. Have you been through menopause? Any gynecological problems?
17. How does the weather affect you? Are you sensitive to the temperature in any way?
18. Is there anything else in the environment you are sensitive to, perhaps more so than the people around you?
19. What is the worst thing that has ever happened to you? Describe in detail.
20. What part of your life do you have the most difficulty coping with? Why is that?
21. What was your childhood like? Describe your parents and your relationship with them. Describe your relationship with your siblings and other extended family members. Did anything in your childhood have a profound effect on you?
22. Describe the romantic relationship you are currently in. What causes the most problems between you?
23. What is your occupation? What differentiates you from the other people in your place of employment? What difficulties do you have at work?
24. What is your self-confidence like? When is your confidence at its worst?
25. What fears do you have? Do you have any phobias? What things in life do you have trouble facing?
26. What parts of yourself or your life would you change if it were at all possible?
27. What do you do to relax?
28. What is something that you have told nobody else, or at least very few people? Why is that?
Astra2012 last decade
I would like to answer those questions, I have had gallbladder pain for the last 3-4 years, I had only heard of "flushes" which never did anything for me. I just had a baby and recently discovered that there are other natural cures besides flushes that didn't work for me. I am breastfeeding so am reluctant to try anything, but I am pretty sure homeopathy can't hurt. So if you don't mind, I would like to answer those questions and get some help.
1.gallbladder pain and right quadrant pain
2.a sharp pains in gallbladder, right shoulder blade muscles, and tighting of back from right side up neck and all the way down to lower back when I am having a severe attack.
b. happens a lot, when I eat poor mostly, but most of the time I eat extremely healthy.
c. sugar makes it worse
d. beet juice, fruit and veggies.
e. when it first appeared I was dealing with a heartbreak
and car accident.
f. pain is sharp, its like an itchy knife in my gallbladder, feels like I want to take my hand and push out the pain
g. ?
h. sometimes headache.
3. irratable bowel, my whole stomach used to hurt, since I have healed emotionally from my heartbreak, it has narrowed itselft to my gallbaldder.
4. none really, i have a healthy family.
5. diabetes, my grandpa
6. no medication, I was on accutane in my early 20's which I heard can hurt your liver.
7. I crave sugar, sugar sugar, and donuts, and cookies, and chocolate and sugar! I crave them all the same
8.I don't really hate any foods. I don't really like mexican spices.
9. I am thirsty a lot I would say an 8 on a scale from 1-10 I drink water and crave water a lot.
10.sugar
11. I have regular bowel movements every day in the morning.
12. I am energetic sometimes I would say an 8 when I am energetic and it can flucuate to a 1 in and out throughout the day.
13. I don't have much of a sex drive since I got married and had my baby.
14. I prefer to sleep on my right side. I get interupted sleep because I am nursing my baby. I have to sleep with pillows between my chest and knees.
15. I always dream that my ex boyfriend is trying to get me to leave my husband and I am running from him like crazy.
16. I have normal periods, I haven't had one since the baby, but before I would have cramps the day of and then have a heavy period for one day and then it is light for about 5 days.
17. the cold makes me crazy, i hate cold weather, its like torture to be outside in the cold.
18. loud noise and tv
19. I had an old boyfriend betray me and break my heart, we didn't work out because of religion and he ended up going for a friend of mine and breaking my heart. we were together on and off 5 years, my gallbladder pain started happening about 3 years into the relationship, right when he started dating my friend and going back and forth between us.
20 I have difficulty coping with pain in my gallbladder, it's debilitating sometimes.
21. I had a wonderful childhood, to this day my family is extremely close and we get together often. and live close
22. I am married to a wonderful man, we don't have much romance since we have been married but realize marriage takes work, we communicate our feelings well, however, come from different families and sometimes misunderstand eachother which leads to fights and arguments.
23. I am a stay at home mom, but do some marketing on the side for my husband and some local chiropractors, its pretty stress free.
24. I have really good self worth and self confidence. my confidence is at its worse when I am not excersizing.
25.I have a fear of stalkers and rapists, i had a stalker once. I hate spiders. I don't like to face that my relationship with my husband isn't very romantic, I place a lot of expectations on that becuase of how tv portrays perfect relationships.
27. I like massages to relax and hot baths.
28. I have told very few people that my romance is lacking because I feel it is private and don't think others should know becuase i feel it is a disrespect to my husband whom I respect more than anyone.
1.gallbladder pain and right quadrant pain
2.a sharp pains in gallbladder, right shoulder blade muscles, and tighting of back from right side up neck and all the way down to lower back when I am having a severe attack.
b. happens a lot, when I eat poor mostly, but most of the time I eat extremely healthy.
c. sugar makes it worse
d. beet juice, fruit and veggies.
e. when it first appeared I was dealing with a heartbreak
and car accident.
f. pain is sharp, its like an itchy knife in my gallbladder, feels like I want to take my hand and push out the pain
g. ?
h. sometimes headache.
3. irratable bowel, my whole stomach used to hurt, since I have healed emotionally from my heartbreak, it has narrowed itselft to my gallbaldder.
4. none really, i have a healthy family.
5. diabetes, my grandpa
6. no medication, I was on accutane in my early 20's which I heard can hurt your liver.
7. I crave sugar, sugar sugar, and donuts, and cookies, and chocolate and sugar! I crave them all the same
8.I don't really hate any foods. I don't really like mexican spices.
9. I am thirsty a lot I would say an 8 on a scale from 1-10 I drink water and crave water a lot.
10.sugar
11. I have regular bowel movements every day in the morning.
12. I am energetic sometimes I would say an 8 when I am energetic and it can flucuate to a 1 in and out throughout the day.
13. I don't have much of a sex drive since I got married and had my baby.
14. I prefer to sleep on my right side. I get interupted sleep because I am nursing my baby. I have to sleep with pillows between my chest and knees.
15. I always dream that my ex boyfriend is trying to get me to leave my husband and I am running from him like crazy.
16. I have normal periods, I haven't had one since the baby, but before I would have cramps the day of and then have a heavy period for one day and then it is light for about 5 days.
17. the cold makes me crazy, i hate cold weather, its like torture to be outside in the cold.
18. loud noise and tv
19. I had an old boyfriend betray me and break my heart, we didn't work out because of religion and he ended up going for a friend of mine and breaking my heart. we were together on and off 5 years, my gallbladder pain started happening about 3 years into the relationship, right when he started dating my friend and going back and forth between us.
20 I have difficulty coping with pain in my gallbladder, it's debilitating sometimes.
21. I had a wonderful childhood, to this day my family is extremely close and we get together often. and live close
22. I am married to a wonderful man, we don't have much romance since we have been married but realize marriage takes work, we communicate our feelings well, however, come from different families and sometimes misunderstand eachother which leads to fights and arguments.
23. I am a stay at home mom, but do some marketing on the side for my husband and some local chiropractors, its pretty stress free.
24. I have really good self worth and self confidence. my confidence is at its worse when I am not excersizing.
25.I have a fear of stalkers and rapists, i had a stalker once. I hate spiders. I don't like to face that my relationship with my husband isn't very romantic, I place a lot of expectations on that becuase of how tv portrays perfect relationships.
27. I like massages to relax and hot baths.
28. I have told very few people that my romance is lacking because I feel it is private and don't think others should know becuase i feel it is a disrespect to my husband whom I respect more than anyone.
mredondo last decade
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