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What Causes Severe Nausea After Appendectomy?

My 20 year old daughter has had extreme nausea three weeks after appendectomy. We ve been to ER twice and many doctor visits. Lots of blood tests and three pregnancy tests. CT scan on tummy shows nothing. I m going to a GI doctor and a neurologist this upcoming week. She s had a bad headache too, and our pediatrician thought it was migraine but nothing has worked. She s tried four anti-nausea pills and one suppository. Nothing. Now she has diarrhea. Probably from meds
Wed, 28 Jun 2017
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Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can.
Yes, this is probably caused by medications especially if CT scan was clear. Sometimes there may be abscess after appendectomy which may lead to nausea vomit and diarrheas but it would be seen on scan.
I am not sure if neurologist can help her. but it would be good to rule out other causes of diarrheas : dietary or infectious ones.

If this is caused by diet then he should try to rest more and switch to a diet of clear liquids. Drink water, juice, bouillon and weak tea to avoid becoming dehydrated. She should replace lost fluids and electrolytes with sports drinks. Avoid coffee or soft drinks that contain caffeine, since caffeine increases the loss of water and salt.

She can also consider over-the-counter medications such as bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) or loperamide (Imodium).In cases of infectious diarrheas, she should do microbiologist testing of stool and see the exact microbe and then antibiotics can be used additionally.

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What Causes Severe Nausea After Appendectomy?

Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can. Yes, this is probably caused by medications especially if CT scan was clear. Sometimes there may be abscess after appendectomy which may lead to nausea vomit and diarrheas but it would be seen on scan. I am not sure if neurologist can help her. but it would be good to rule out other causes of diarrheas : dietary or infectious ones. If this is caused by diet then he should try to rest more and switch to a diet of clear liquids. Drink water, juice, bouillon and weak tea to avoid becoming dehydrated. She should replace lost fluids and electrolytes with sports drinks. Avoid coffee or soft drinks that contain caffeine, since caffeine increases the loss of water and salt. She can also consider over-the-counter medications such as bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) or loperamide (Imodium).In cases of infectious diarrheas, she should do microbiologist testing of stool and see the exact microbe and then antibiotics can be used additionally. I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time.