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What Causes Nausea Along With Abdominal Gas?
Question: For a week now I have been having nausea, lots of gas but have small loose bowel movements everytime I pass gas Help
Brief Answer:
Probably an intestinal infection...
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
It would have been better if you could have mentioned your age and past medical details. It would have helped me to understand this problem better.
I assume you are a young adult who has apparently been healthy until a week ago when you developed the above symptoms. Though the symptoms are not very specific to a clinical entity, the most probably cause that I could think of is some form intestinal infection with or without gastritis. In such cases, I start with symptomatic treatment and plan further investigation. You might try:
1. A course of proton inhibitor drugs such as over the counter available prilosec OTC once a day before food.
2. Probiotic and prebiotic preparation such as sporolac three times a day.
3. Fibre rich diet with plenty of water.
4. Antidiarrheal agent such as imodium if you are bothered by frequent loose stool.
As the medicines are started, I will recommend visiting a physician/gastroenterologist who after physical examination can run blood and stool tests. Endoscopic examination is entailed if the aforementioned tests are inconclusive.
Hope this helped.
Regards
Probably an intestinal infection...
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
It would have been better if you could have mentioned your age and past medical details. It would have helped me to understand this problem better.
I assume you are a young adult who has apparently been healthy until a week ago when you developed the above symptoms. Though the symptoms are not very specific to a clinical entity, the most probably cause that I could think of is some form intestinal infection with or without gastritis. In such cases, I start with symptomatic treatment and plan further investigation. You might try:
1. A course of proton inhibitor drugs such as over the counter available prilosec OTC once a day before food.
2. Probiotic and prebiotic preparation such as sporolac three times a day.
3. Fibre rich diet with plenty of water.
4. Antidiarrheal agent such as imodium if you are bothered by frequent loose stool.
As the medicines are started, I will recommend visiting a physician/gastroenterologist who after physical examination can run blood and stool tests. Endoscopic examination is entailed if the aforementioned tests are inconclusive.
Hope this helped.
Regards
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