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Post by Kye on Apr 26, 2019 22:57:22 GMT
Recently, now that I'm in my late 60's, I have been having trouble digesting vegetables, and not just onions, cauliflower and broccoli. It's not so much that I get gassy as I wake up in pain in the middle of the night after eating, I don't know, carrot? peas? Anything really...
One the one hand, I've never been a big fan of vegetables, eating them out of duty, so avoiding them seems win-win. But on the other hand I worry about my health if I reduce them or cut them out. I don't have any problems with other foods.
Anyone else have this problem?
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Post by JoeP on Apr 26, 2019 23:04:58 GMT
Where is the pain? I've been getting a lot of heartburn recently. Although this *is* mostly the usual suspects, onion, garlic, spices, alcohol, coffee. All the things that make eating any kind of fun, except chocolate. But I suspect you're talking about intestinal pain. And the world still seems to think you have a duty to eat vegetables in general; all those antioxidants.
Also, how long after eating? I think stomach ulcers would be affected in less than 30 minutes, and 1-2 hours indicates small intestine things.
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Post by tangent on Apr 26, 2019 23:47:11 GMT
So many different things affect the digestive system in so many different ways. My attention has recently been drawn to diverticulitis, which can cause lots of symptoms more obviously associated with indigestion. But you're best getting someone who is qualified to make a diagnosis. A doctor at my GP's surgery has a mug with the inscription, "Do not confuse your Google search with my 7 years of training."
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Post by Kye on Apr 27, 2019 0:18:40 GMT
Joe, the pain is near and above the navel and it occurs a few hours after I eat and lasts for a couple of hours. No problem with wine or coffee thank goodness! Just vegetables.
Yeah --I'd like to talk to my doctor about it. I'm going to be seeing her in July. I can certainly hold off until then (unless it gets a lot worse).
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Post by tangent on Apr 27, 2019 9:20:27 GMT
In July? Why not next week?
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Post by JoeP on Apr 27, 2019 9:31:26 GMT
So it's in quite a specific place at quite a specific time - that's good information for a doctor to go on. It doesn't ring any bells for me though.
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Post by Kye on Apr 27, 2019 11:39:08 GMT
Tangent, I already had an appointment scheduled for July so I'll just piggyback this issue onto it. I'm not in any serious pain (especially if I avoid vegetables )
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Post by Miisa on Apr 27, 2019 12:35:34 GMT
It's not just vitamins and antioxidants and the like that make vegetables important, they are major source of fibre. Generally, whenever people have digestive problems, the first tip is more fibre, but not sure if that seems counter-productive in this case.
I have always had pain and other problems related to my digestion, and I have discovered I can reduce it with my diet, but not remove the problems completely, and even sticking to the slightly helpful diet is very difficult. I suspect my issues are largely related to my intestinal flora, and would take a faecal transplant treatment if it were offered.
As this has developed recently it is good that you are going to see a doctor about it, to at the very least rule out anything more serious.
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Post by Kye on Apr 27, 2019 14:16:04 GMT
Yeah, I also have had stomach issues of one kind or another since I was little. But my issues are often stress related and hard to pinpoint. This is a pretty obvious cause and effect situation. Luckily, I don't have issues with constipation or diarrhea so I don't think I necessarily need more fiber. I'll see if my doctor has any insight.
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Post by Moose on Apr 29, 2019 1:24:53 GMT
I'd worry more if it was something other than vegetables .
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Post by whollygoats on Apr 30, 2019 15:17:24 GMT
So many different things affect the digestive system in so many different ways. My attention has recently been drawn to diverticulitis, which can cause lots of symptoms more obviously associated with indigestion. But you're best getting someone who is qualified to make a diagnosis. A doctor at my GP's surgery has a mug with the inscription, "Do not confuse your Google search with my 7 years of training." Yeah?...That doctor needs to throw that mug away before some victim like me points out, in public, most likely in front of their patients, that in all too many cases, those 7 years of training were entirely inadequate to make the person a trustworthy practitioner. Remember, in the US, an estimated 400,000 Americans die each year due to 'avoidable medical mistakes'. Physicians and health care practitioners are, by that, the third largest killer of Americans, after cancer and heart disease. So...That smug mug is a bad plug. Physicians are just as human as the rest of us and all too many of them slept through all too many of their seminars. This seems to be particularly bad in terms of practitioner's ethics.
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Post by whollygoats on Apr 30, 2019 15:24:32 GMT
One thing about reducing one's vegetable intake is that it will reduce the amount of roughage consumed and likely result in firm stools, constipation, and difficult bowel movements.
The only vegetable with which I have bloating problems is cucumbers. I can get around that if I have access to lemon cucumbers, which, for some reason, do not bloat me.
My problem is not physical reactions, but that I never really developed an affinity for vegetables, cooked or in salads. I'll eat them if they are there, but, if I'm given control of bringing together foods for a meal, it will most likely be bereft of such offerings. I think most salads are irrevocably boring. I detest broccoli and lima beans, and maize I like on the cob, but not added in to everything under the sun....corn is the raisin of the vegetable course. So, I eat a lot of peas, peas'n'carrots, brusselsprouts, and green beans cooked, and celery, radishes, and sliced bell peppers raw, with a rare salad, usually a caesar. All in all, they tend to be overlooked.
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Post by Mari on Apr 30, 2019 19:31:51 GMT
My mum suddenly got an intolerance to eggs a couple of years ago, so I guess it is certainly possible to develop a problem later in life.
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Post by whollygoats on Apr 30, 2019 20:05:51 GMT
Yes, I suspect I have.
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Post by Moose on May 1, 2019 2:04:16 GMT
I can't eat spicy stuff, at least now as much as I would like to, anymore. Suspect stomach lining has finally called it a day.
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Post by whollygoats on May 1, 2019 20:12:04 GMT
WUT?
Li'l Miss Gimmimo Jalapeno can't eat 'spicy stuff'?
You're joshing us, aren't you?
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