Uncomfortable feeling/slightly nauseous after eating

[hans030390]

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[BlackTigers]

Probably kind of obvious, but is she a fast eater?

I ask because when I eat too fast, my stomach becomes upset for a few hours.

 

[HardcoreRomantic]

I have some anxiety issues, and whenever they get particularly bad, it's really hard for me to eat (get that nauseous feeling). The last time it got really bad, I went almost a week with only water and maybe some grapes at some point during the day. Everything else, even the smell of most foods, would make me feel really nauseous. Of course, I thought I was pregnant, which freaked me out even more, making it even harder to eat. When I finally calmed down, I got my appetite back. Has she been stressed more than normal lately?

 

[Muse]

Could be a number of things, but I'd guess that she's experiencing acid reflux. I had the same problem for a number of months a couple of years ago or so. Acid reflux is associated in people's minds with heartburn but very very often it is not experienced as heartburn but as nausea or a vague feeling of unease or slight queasiness after eating. It can be quite uncomfortable. That's what I was experiencing a whole lot. I talked to the pharmacist at my local drug store and he unhesitatingly advocated buying OTC Prilosec, which is a brand name for omeprazole. There are other similar drugs OTC, and you see them advertised a lot on TV. The procedure for taking them is to take them for a month or so, IIRC, and then stop. I found this moderately effective.

When I saw my doctor, he prescribed omeprazole (which is the same thing). I found a cheap source online, a lot cheaper than getting it through my HMO's pharmacy. I still have some in the freezer, but I don't need it these days. I grew out of it. In my opinion, it was caused by anxiety.

Exercise is something I always do. However, I'd advocate that your girlfriend incorporate exercise into her lifestyle, because it will tend to alleviate anxiety, reduce stress, set in motion natural physical processes that will tend to alleviate the problem, assuming that it's what I think it is. Also, she should try to eliminate stress in whatever ways is necessary. HTH.

 

[hans030390]

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[SociallyChallenged]

Check out Mesenteric Ischemia. My grandma had some similar symptoms and that's what she has. It varies in degrees, but she should definitely go to the doctor if those symptoms line up with her's.

 

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