<p>My post #15 was intended to encourage and warn. You need to be evaluated but chances are good anyone you see will not find much. They’ll do an MRI and a CT and of course a chest x-ray and they’ll likely show nothing much. But they’ll establish a baseline if this continues and, heaven forbid, gets worse. </p>
<p>My uncle is a talented diagnostician. We spent hours over years talking about his sister’s condition. He at first thought she needed a shunt but repeated tests found no evidence of brain swelling, etc. I thought it was more likely a form of anemia. We had her thyroid tested - in part because she had minor thyroid issues when young. We sent her to leading Parkinson’s specialists. Sent her to the Mayo Clinic for some days of testing. My brother, also a doctor, had her seen by some very good radiologists for more tests. We tried l-dopa, which worked for a week or so. We tried B-12 shots - because an anemia can destroy peripheral nerve response. But the condition was and is progressive.</p>
<p>With the mobility issues, these people tend to get lumped into peripheral neuropathy. But all that really means in this context is something is wrong outside the brain and maybe not in the spine but somewhere. And that seems to be part of a larger condition that affects cognition and leads to dementia.</p>
<p>I’m not saying this is it. Odds are it isn’t because this condition seems fairly rare. But it affects women in later middle age. It can take a decade or more to flower, with worse periods. </p>
<p>One last point: watch your mood. Being down and tired is part of many conditions. A simple mood enhancing med improves willingness to undergo therapy and thus response.</p>
<p>^^^^Referring to Post #40: If it were a bowel obstruction, there would be other symptoms as well – e.g., no passing anything down that way. (My DS has had several, unfortunately.)</p>
<p>^DH had only a partial obstruction. He could still go to the bathroom, so didn’t consider that to be a possibility. Every once in a while he would get very nauseated and throw up for a day or so. Just as I’d be ready to take him to the ER, everything would resolve. He kept thinking it was a virus, or something in particular he was eating that would start the cycle. Not so.</p>
<p>Anyway, the list I posted was not intended to diagnose, just to show how very many conditions manifest with nausea. And that’s just a partial list.</p>
<p>A dear friend was diagnosed with a very rare heart condition, a myxoma, after suffering from sudden bouts of nausea, vertigo and fainting. She had a small growth on a heart valve that was shedding bits of tissue into her circulatory system, and blocking blood from getting to her brain- hence the intermittent vertigo and fainting. She was lucky to have this diagnosed and removed with heart surgery, because normally this condition is only diagnosed after the growth breaks off and causes a fatal clot. You need to go to a heart specialist and have them look for signs of this disease, which can be fixed if caught early.</p>
<p>^^^While I’ve heard of dizziness and fainting associated with myxoma, I hadn’t heard too much about chronic bouts of nausea. Just goes to show how many conditions can have nausea as a major player or just a side bar.</p>
<p>The OP’s nausea is most likely caused by nothing too serious. Hopefully she gets an answer soon, with an accompanying simple solution.</p>
<p>Feel better, bethie! In your place I’d call right away and let your doctor decide whether or not you need to head to the ER or move up your appointment.</p>
<p>^^Well, I don’t think we’re going to talk her into that, her appt is tomorrow.</p>
<p>But not to knock PA’s, why not a doctor? If you don’t get the utmost of treatment with your PA, blood tests, heart check, referrals, I sure hope you get yourself quickly to your doctors office and also see some specialists.</p>
Just guessing here, but maybe she’s in an office where she’s regularly followed by a PA, but can see an MD when necessary? Many offices hereabouts are organized that way. The wait for a new patient to see an MD can be quite long, whereas the PAs have more availability; so new patients often opt to get into a practice sooner. It makes sense to see the person who knows you best first, then see other hcps as needed.</p>
<p>Thinking of you this AM, bethie - hoping to hear you’re feeling better soon.</p>
<p>I have an upper respiratory infection that began with indigestion for several days and then progressed to sudden nausea. Unlike the only other time I had bronchitis, I was not coughing and didn’t feel any more congested than I usually do as someone with allergy/sinus issues. But then my chest got very tight and painful and I could hardly breathe. I did consider it might be a heart attack, but had to see someone regardless because I felt so terrible. I went to an urgent care clinic and was prescribed an antibiotic and inhaler. The chest tightness was relieved rather quickly but I felt wiped out and spent ALL of yesterday and half of the day before in bed. I am still nauseous, but now also have diarrhea. The stomach issues started before I began the medicine, so I think it’s from the virus/infection. I have never felt worse, yet the doctor said it was an early stage infection.</p>
<p>The first thing I thought of was the antibiotics killing off all the good bugs…not sure what it’s called…but there are certain antibiotics out there that will wreak havoc with your system and you need an influx of probiotics to balance things out again.</p>
<p>^^^^^We do have bacteria in our intestines and it’s true that sometimes antibiotic therapy will disrupt the “balance” of the various intestinal flora, causing very distressing GI symptoms.</p>
<p>Our D has several PA’s in her medical team–they are WONDERFUL–they take a lot more time with her than the MD’s. When weird stuff pops up, they consult with one of the MD 's in the clinic or have her looked at by the MD. Her last appointment with her PA was 1 1/2 hours long just going over all of her test results. The MD’s just don’t have time in their schedules to do that.</p>
<p>The GFG, have you thought about going to see your regular doctor right away? It is unlikely that you will get the same standard of care in an urgent care clinic. I understand that may have been all that was available over the weekend.</p>
<p>But what exactly did he/she diagnose you with? A URI with tightness in the chest and nausea and fatigue, did they check for pneumonia? That seems like an obvious thing to check for.</p>
<p>I sometimes faint/feel faint - preceded by nausea - and dr said its vasovagel syncope. It appears to be latin for “sometime you faint”. My dad has it too. I can usually tell now when its being triggered and lie down to avoid full effects.</p>
<p>Good to have it checked out by a dr since there are too many possibilities for what may cause fainting</p>
<p>While people do get nauseated when they have a vaso-vagal response, the OP also indicated that recently most foods have made her nauseated and that she has lost weight.</p>