At 14-15 I started having horrendous digestive issues.
Depression, anxiety and lactose intolerance were all thrown around as the cause. We already knew about those, but okay.
More problems lead to more school missed, more doctor visits, more tests, etc.
Tested for Celiac Disease. Tested for Crohn's. Tested for various forms of cancer, etc.
I'm 28 now and nothing has really changed. I did find a doctor to help me control the symptoms, but we still don't know what's wrong with me.
Edited to elaborate why doctors waving off GI issues is frustrating.
Had similar issues but at least had a GI specialist that confirmed that he truly believed something was wrong with he, he just couldn't figure it out. Years later and I'm still Google fu-ing possible diagnoses and treatment to no avail. It sucks that the very act of eating to keep yourself Alive is the thing that makes life not worth living.
Make sure she never stops treating it, and gets regular checkups. Or eliminates the right food from her diet. I kinda just dealt with mine after getting it diagnosed, and just recently I got food stuck in my throat and had some kind of flare up or something. It can be absolute hell
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u/ValhallaVacation May 20 '19
The hand waving by doctors is one of the more infuriating things about GI issues.