So, I've always had a bad stomach. Most of the food I eat always a bug in my stomach. But, since May, I've had stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea but no vomiting. I then was put on Cipro for an infected Anal Fistula but I had to stop after 6 pills due to a bad reaction. Since then, my stomach's been acting weird, bloating, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite. I'm 16. I weight a lot. I went for a run and my stomach started to have this pressure like pain or tightness that made me stop. What's going on? And every time I eat my stomach hurts. What's wrong with me? Anyone had these symptoms before?
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Yes that's extremely familiar to me. I've had that exact thought myself (the part about asking why it makes me sick to eat every time). I discovered that it was bad intestinal bacteria causing it. There are myths about this, so don't go believing you can "repopulate" your flora or any such thing. If you want all the details you can google probiotics and it will keep you busy for weeks. The point is, once the intestinal flora goes bad, you have to maintain it with a daily intake of good bacteria. I like yogurt, and I like the flavor plain, so I use plain Kefir from the supermarket. When I was really sick with this, I started on 1 cup kefir 2x or 3x per day, after every meal. Then I cut it down to 1 cup per day, and now I maintain on 1/2 cup. You must keep up the probiotics, they do not live on in your gut. They live for a while, then die out, and you need to populate them again. But you also said you were very overweight so something else could be an added complication. The more overweight or obese you are, the less sensitive your cells are to insulin. You may not be diabetic yet because you're young, but it's still possible that your body is struggling to make enough insulin for your body to actually receive energy from your food (and so a lot of food goes directly to fat, instead of being used). This is the downward spiral that causes overweight to become obesity and obesity to become disease. It's extremely difficult to stop, but you can slow it. Your pancreas makes insulin, and your body can use insulin better if you take some form of chromium picolinate or chromium polynicotinate (a B-vitamin, not the smoking drug). The dosage of those for an adult would be 600 mcg/day up to 1000 mcg/day. So start at 250 mcg/day or thereabout and go up to 500 if you need to. You will probably feel less craving for sweet foods, that's the primary way you know you're taking enough. You can also give your pancreas a break by taking digestive enzymes after eating. A good brand such as this one:http://www.amazon.com/Enzymedica-Digest-Spectrum-120-caps/dp/B0081RN0Y2/(you can find that in your local health food store also)... can help your pancreas out by reducing the pressure of making quite as much enzyme after every meal. Reducing the size of meals and the amount of fat in each meal will make a difference in how you feel also. But the digestive enzymes are a miracle for most people in your situation. As you found out, running isn't a great idea if you're very overweight. Not only will you feel pain in your belly, but you're likely to injure your joints. It's much smarter to go on a diet around 1200 calories, you can try a low-carb one and a low-fat one and see which one works better for you (different people react better to different ones), and while you're losing, go on walks until your body is lighter and you're not risking injury.
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- Maybe you have a gluten allergy
