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Gastroparesis. This is the closest diagnosis my relative with the pfizer vaccine reaction has. (Original Post) Swede Jul 2021 OP
... alwaysinasnit Jul 2021 #1
I should add, that this is by no means a sure thing either. Swede Jul 2021 #2
What about his diet? Sanity Claws Jul 2021 #3
He's on his doctors recommended diet. Swede Jul 2021 #5
Wheat is a common allergen Sanity Claws Jul 2021 #6
Not sure why the doc prescribed D. Swede Jul 2021 #9
I hope he gets better soon Wicked Blue Jul 2021 #4
I have this. MuseRider Jul 2021 #7
Sent you DU mail. Swede Jul 2021 #10
Hoping for improvement... hlthe2b Jul 2021 #8
+1 SheltieLover Jul 2021 #12
He need s a referral to a GI doctor pronto Warpy Jul 2021 #11
This happened 4 days after vaccine. Swede Jul 2021 #13
It's not the diet, it's the nausea Swede Jul 2021 #14
I had trouble with GI problems after Moderna. NH Ethylene Jul 2021 #15
Just an update. He's still experiencing stomach problems, but also tingling in feet and hands. Swede Mar 2022 #16

Sanity Claws

(22,031 posts)
3. What about his diet?
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 08:45 PM
Jul 2021

He could have developed food intolerances. Can he see whether he has the same reaction regardless of what he eats? Keep a food diary?
Sorry about his problem but I just want to suggest something that might help.

Swede

(34,530 posts)
5. He's on his doctors recommended diet.
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 08:53 PM
Jul 2021

White rice, white bread, pasta made from chick peas, low fat meat. Vitamin D supplement. No dairy, no booze, no smoking etc.

Sanity Claws

(22,031 posts)
6. Wheat is a common allergen
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 08:59 PM
Jul 2021

With that diet, no wonder he is constipated.
Good that he is not getting dairy because that is another common allergen.
But what about fruits and vegetables? Bananas are often recommended for people with diarrhea. They're also good for heartburn.
As for the Vitamin D supplement, is he hospitalized and can't get outside?

MuseRider

(34,358 posts)
7. I have this.
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 08:59 PM
Jul 2021

For some lucky reason after 5-7 years of sheer hell I seem to have come through it. It is a vagal nerve problem and although it is rare to ever escape the hell that it is I was lucky. I am several months since I had an attack or had to take a pill and have begun to extend my diet from the dreaded FODMAP diet to something closer to where I was before. Some people waste away and some gain weight. I carried an extra 30 pounds and that is now gone and bloating so bad you can watch your own toes disappear it is so fast and extreme. Get him into a support group, this is not all that unheard of.

Send me messages if you need help.

hlthe2b

(106,246 posts)
8. Hoping for improvement...
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 09:02 PM
Jul 2021

We have so much to learn about post-COVID recovery and long hauler's syndrome. While I don't discount the possibility this is linked to a vaccine reaction, it has also been reported among COVID-19 infected, some who tested negative multiple times until finally being confirmed weeks later.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
11. He need s a referral to a GI doctor pronto
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 10:12 PM
Jul 2021

I'm not surprised he's miserable and wasting away on that diet. It's Draconian.

The Mayo Clinic has a good discussion of gastroparesis with recommended and discouraged foods, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gastroparesis/symptoms-causes/syc-20355787 I suggest this because it might take a little time for him to get in to see a GI doc for a workup, which is something he desperately needs.

It might be totally unrelated to the vaccine, but whatever caused it, it can be treated. He just needs to see the right kind of doctor.

Swede

(34,530 posts)
14. It's not the diet, it's the nausea
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 11:38 AM
Jul 2021

it's the bloating, the heartburn. He's never hungry and must force himself to eat.

NH Ethylene

(30,997 posts)
15. I had trouble with GI problems after Moderna.
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 12:17 AM
Jul 2021

But not until 6 weeks after, so no way to know if it was related. It went on for a couple of weeks. I filed a VAERS report just in case.

I hope he recovers soon. It sounds really horrible.

Swede

(34,530 posts)
16. Just an update. He's still experiencing stomach problems, but also tingling in feet and hands.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:57 AM
Mar 2022

He had a burning sensation too. One doctor said it was an kidney infection, but antibiotics didn't fix it. So they then figured it was a viral infection of his prostrate, they gave him something that helped for that. The doctor said a cause may be spikes from the vaccine irritating his prostrate.

Anyway it's been 10 months of hell for him.

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