What Do Nausea And Cold Sweats After Every Meal Indicate In An Elderly?

Posted on Thu, 14 Sep 2017

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Question : hello! I messaged you yesterday about my father, who is 72, and who is having health issues. A very nice doctor got back to me. my father has nausea after every meal, gets cold sweats, and is very weak. The doctor that answered me last night said that she thinks he should follow up with a gastroenterologist. He's going to do that. He has made an appointment. I'm just curious, if the gastroenterologist doesn't find anything wrong, can his symptoms be from something else do you think? I mean, of course they can be, but does anything come to mind other than gastro just trying to help him. He's been to many doctors, and no one can tell him what's wrong. Thank you.

Answered by Dr. salah saad shoman (-3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Various causes can be there

Detailed Answer:
Dear sir, I have gone through your question and I understand your concerns but the combining symptoms of severe nausea and chronic fatigue can be due to various causes ...

So I would recommend that he gets a stool analysis to exclude helicobacter pylori and Amoeba infection. Also, liver function tests ( AST- ALT) to exclude hepatitis and a blood test to exclude malaria, dengue fever, and infectious mononucleosis ...

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