Round and round it goes

[Akasa]

My best friend went into the hospital with d\vomiting and diarrhea, she couldn't eat anything without throwing it back up. While in the hospital they find she has a kidney infection, treat it and discharge her. She's still vomiting. She keeps going to the doctors telling them she can't eat and they keep sending her back to her kidney doctor who is like "ITS NOT HER KIDNEYS!!"
She's lost 11lbs in 2 weeks. She can hold down just a little bit of food, but she has to be careful not to exceed what her stomach will let her have. If it's too sugary she throws it up, meat? nope, bread? maybe 1 slice. She can eat veggies, but not fruit, nothing fatty.

I'm really worried about her.

[KiaKat]

That sounds ridiculously similar to an acute gallbladder attack. Though two weeks seems a bit long for one...

IANAD.

BUT. She should really be pushing her primary to get her diagnosed. There's something really wrong there.

[PepperElf]

and if the primary refuses to do anything but send her to a kidney specialist who says "it's not kidneys" perhaps ... she needs a new primary

[Lovecats]

and if the primary refuses to do anything but send her to a kidney specialist who says "it's not kidneys" perhaps ... she needs a new primary

That's what I was thinking.

[Der Cute]

Back to doctor, and yeah gallbladder-y. Hugs and @#$#$%^&%^# at the doc.

[BlaqueKatt]

That sounds ridiculously similar to an acute gallbladder attack. Though two weeks seems a bit long for one...

IANAD.

not if it's triggered pancreatitis, or a stomach virus on top of it, I am also not a doctor.

[Akasa]

She had her gallbladder checked, its fine. Its just the going in circles has made her pretty much give up.

[mhkohne]

She had her gallbladder checked, its fine. Its just the going in circles has made her pretty much give up.

Also not a Dr., but hsas her doc looked for food related issues? The onset sounds verynsudden, but in some ways the symptoms resembled my mother in law's onset of Celiac (gluten alergy).

Good luck!

[Sleepwalker]

Go to another doctor! I have heard so many stories of people waiting years for a diagnosis, and most of them end with someone OTHER than the initial doctor diagnosing it. A different education, or a different set of experiences can make all the difference in finding something uncommon.

[laborcat]

This sounds amazingly similar to my mom's pancreas problems. She needs that looked into quickly. And like others said, if her primary won't diagnose her or send her for more tests, time for a new primary.

Edited to add... what doctor blames digestive problems on kidneys?

[Akasa]

She says they've checked her for Celiac and checked her pancreas and they're fine. She has another appointment Thurs to try and get to the bottom of it.

[AlmightyALT]

Has she had a gastric emptying study? Could be gastroparesis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroparesis

[Bronzebow]

Has she had a gastric emptying study? Could be gastroparesis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroparesis

My partner has this. It's not pleasant in the slightest. Took doctors nine years to come to the diagnosis too.

Hope for the best for your friend, whatever it ends up being.

[Akasa]

Do you think MS could possibly cause the gastroparesis?

[Akasa]

My friend has an appointment to be tested for gasteoparesis with a specialist next week. Her weight loss has slowed down considerably, 4 lbs in the last month.