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Suggest An Alternative Treatment For Watery Diarrhea And Vomiting For A 75-year-old
I am to take my grand daughter on already paid vacation leaving july 6. Have had watery diahrea daily for 6 months....also vomiting after eating heavier meal or eating later in evening started couple months ago. Been on nexium for 12 years. Dr just asked me to try Zantac. I ve tried for 7 days but the burning and vomiting feeling in back of throat....touches of vomiting, feeling like vomiting if I bend down to do something then straighter....fluid into throat sometimes. I can t live like this let alone go on a trip. Tried to get endoscopy and colonoscopy but isn t scheduled till end August. What might keep me more comfortable on trip ....I can t go this way. I am 75 and overweight
* As per my clinical experience, diarrhea with duration of 6 months and vomiting since a week sound to be a significant underlying inflammatory condition of intestine as IBS, Crohn`s or else.
Till the time scopy evaluation is available, alternate management would include
- tablet ondancetron ( 4 mg ) with sips of water on empty stomach every 8 hourly
- probiotics with lactobacillus or sacromyces bullardei 4 times a day
- dietary measures to avoid spices, non-veg, dairy fat if consuming.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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Suggest An Alternative Treatment For Watery Diarrhea And Vomiting For A 75-year-old
Hello, * As per my clinical experience, diarrhea with duration of 6 months and vomiting since a week sound to be a significant underlying inflammatory condition of intestine as IBS, Crohn`s or else. Till the time scopy evaluation is available, alternate management would include - tablet ondancetron ( 4 mg ) with sips of water on empty stomach every 8 hourly - probiotics with lactobacillus or sacromyces bullardei 4 times a day - dietary measures to avoid spices, non-veg, dairy fat if consuming. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon