Constant Nausea/Lower Abdominal Pain ESP After Eating

bowlegged · Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 1

Hi,

I'm a 26 year old female. Don't drink, don't smoke. Healthy diet. I had a c-section about 7 months ago and over the course of the last 3 or 4 months have noticed weird intestinal pain. (although this could be totally unrelated)
First off, it seems I am nauseous ALL THE TIME. 75% of the time, I develop weird severe cramp-like pains after eating...usually within 15 minutes of finishing the food. They peak about 45 minutes after eating and calm down within 30 minutes after. It's hard to describe the pain. It starts right under my rib cage in the center (not heartburn/not chest pain) and moves to around my belly button. The pain is sometimes soooo bad. I get extremely nauseous and have to sit very still until everything passes.
I also notice that when I have an empty stomach, I pass ALOT of gas and have ALOT of tummy rumbling. Usually in the mornings, I have discomfort around the belly button, until I eat. Then I'm fine until the pain kicks in. I'm almost scared to eat sometimes because I'm so tired of feeling bad.
I ALWAYS have a metallic-ish taste in my mouth. Feels like my tongue is burning. It gets somewhat relieved by chewing gum. The taste alone makes me queasy.
I was having a good intestinal day when I visited my GP, so I forgot to mention the intestinal issues and only brought up the nausea and bad taste because they were the worst problem that day. She said it sounded like severe reflux and put me on generic prilosec...which worked for about 2 weeks. Nausea is back, so is metallic taste. Of course, I failed to mention my intestinal problems at the doc's visit. I could kick myself! So, I am posting to see if anyone has had any experiences like this.
I am so tired of this. From what I have found online, it seems like it could be anything. Some of my symptoms fit some things, but not entirely...So I'm just lost!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Was wondering if these were a result of c-section or what.

Guest · Guest

Hi there,

Do you still have the pain or did it eventually go away?

My symptoms are almost the same. It all started 2 or 3 months after my baby’s birth. I went to the doctor and he said that he thinks it’s due to breast feeding and that I loose to much fluids and therefore need to take in 2 liter water each day.

I also started to take probiotics as well which helps for irritable bowl syndrome. It seems to help a bit and my pain is not so extreme any more, but I still struggle with this pain after I have ate, the pain sometimes lasts an hour or more and then my lower back starts to hurt. I’m not constantly nauseous, but if the pain is strong I do feel nauseous.

Hi,

I'm a 26 year old female. Don't drink, don't smoke. Healthy diet. I had a c-section about 7 months ago and over the course of the last 3 or 4 months have noticed weird intestinal pain. (although this could be totally unrelated)
First off, it seems I am nauseous ALL THE TIME. 75% of the time, I develop weird severe cramp-like pains after eating...usually within 15 minutes of finishing the food. They peak about 45 minutes after eating and calm down within 30 minutes after. It's hard to describe the pain. It starts right under my rib cage in the center (not heartburn/not chest pain) and moves to around my belly button. The pain is sometimes soooo bad. I get extremely nauseous and have to sit very still until everything passes.
I also notice that when I have an empty stomach, I pass ALOT of gas and have ALOT of tummy rumbling. Usually in the mornings, I have discomfort around the belly button, until I eat. Then I'm fine until the pain kicks in. I'm almost scared to eat sometimes because I'm so tired of feeling bad.
I ALWAYS have a metallic-ish taste in my mouth. Feels like my tongue is burning. It gets somewhat relieved by chewing gum. The taste alone makes me queasy.
I was having a good intestinal day when I visited my GP, so I forgot to mention the intestinal issues and only brought up the nausea and bad taste because they were the worst problem that day. She said it sounded like severe reflux and put me on generic prilosec...which worked for about 2 weeks. Nausea is back, so is metallic taste. Of course, I failed to mention my intestinal problems at the doc's visit. I could kick myself! So, I am posting to see if anyone has had any experiences like this.
I am so tired of this. From what I have found online, it seems like it could be anything. Some of my symptoms fit some things, but not entirely...So I'm just lost!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Was wondering if these were a result of c-section or what.[/quote]

fondabardto · Newbie Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 1

i have gerd, i've been taking prilosec for 2 years now, i have the same pain, right under my rib cage and the nausea, it took about 2-3 weeks before the prilosec really started working. I have never had metallic taste in my mouth until two days ago, when I bought generic prilosec at wal-mart, I just wonder if it's making me have the terrible taste? I too, didn't get any of these symptoms until after a pregnancy.

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