
Have Had Gastritis, Loss Of Appetite And Abdominal Pain. On Medication. Started Feeling Weak. Worrisome

Thanks for writing.
I am a medical specialist with an additional degree in cardiology. I read your mail with diligence. You must be taking medicines for Blood Pressure and Diabetes, these medicines have side effects which mimic the gastro intestinal symptoms you are having. Additionally, amoebiasis and take antibiotics like Norflox without prescription. You do not have infection. Please try a course for amoebiasis/ giardiasis which is common ailment in India that is get yourself prescribed Tab Tinidazole 500 mg twice a day for three days and then stick to following dietary advice (which would be better for your diabetes and hypertension also). Write to me after one week if you do not feel better. That is the best advice can be given to you and is effective.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment through Diet
Diet plays a direct role in gut function (something that is instinctively obvious to IBS sufferers). There is in fact a proper "IBS diet", as IBS is not so highly individualized that no accurate generalizations can be made, and dietary changes can make a tremendous improvement to all IBS symptoms.
There are very clear dietary guidelines to follow for how to eat safely for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, based on the well-established effects certain categories of foods have on the GI tract. The key word here is categories. Any food that is high in fat, insoluble fiber, caffeine, coffee (even decaf), carbonation, or alcohol is problematic. All of these food categories are either GI stimulants or irritants, and can cause violent reactions of the gastrocolic reflex. This directly affects the muscles in the colon and can lead to pain, constipation AND diarrhea, gas, and bloating.
Soluble fiber is the single greatest dietary remedy for preventing Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms, as well as relieving them once they occur. Soluble fiber is not typically found in foods most people think of as "fiber XXXXXXX such as XXXXXXX or raw leafy XXXXXXX vegetables (these foods are high in insoluble fiber, a dietary trigger). Soluble fiber is actually found in foods commonly thought of as "starches", though soluble fiber itself differs from starch as the chemical bonds that join its individual sugar units cannot be digested by enzymes in the human GI tract. In other words, soluble fiber has no calories because it passes through the body intact.
Soluble fiber soothes and regulates the digestive tract, stabilizes the intestinal contractions resulting from the gastrocolic reflex, and normalizes bowel function from either extreme. Soluble fiber prevents and relieves both diarrhea and constipation. In addition, IBS responds to how you eat as well as what you eat. Good Luck.
With best wishes.
Dr Anil Grover,
Medical Specialist & Cardiologist
M.B.;B.S, M.D. (Internal Medicine) D.M.(Cardiology)
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Thank You!I believe you have captured the crux of the problem.However,as I wrote I react to Tinidazole & that is why I took plain Norflox & could not recover.Also as I mentioned I have taken Normet(Ofloxacin 200mg & Ornidazole 500 mg) out of desperation.I have taken it twice daily for three days now.Do I need to continue? Do I still need to take some drug in place of Tinidazole 500 mg that you have prescribed.There is still some pain in the upper center of abdomen specially in the morning after bowel movement & there is gas formation as also weakness.Also tell if soluble fibre is Isabgol.Kindly advise.
yours faithfully XXXXXXX
What I suggested was anti amoebic drug other substitutes are various preparations of Metronidazole and I have yet to come across anyone reacting to that. Take for three days any preparation of 400 mg (IT HAS A SIDE EFFECT METALLIC TASTE IN MOUTH SO DO NOT BOTHER ABOUT THAT).
Now where these drugs act and harmless antibiotics are not! They should be taken under supervision unless you want to be infected by super infection.
If you are not relieved please show yourself to a medical college doctor, I assume you have a Medical College in Jasmshedpur. Chose anyone with MD degree in Medicine and request him/her to show. I know it is slightly difficult to get seen in a medical college but in the long run very useful. Best of Luck.
With Best Wishes
Dr Anil Grover

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