differential diagnosis

[ozzi22]

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I AM SORRY I POSTED THIS HERE BUT I HAVE NO WHERE TO TURN TO.
my mum has been experiencing this symptoms for over a year now: nausea, vomiting, pain in the stomach, bloating, fatigue, chest pain and swelling of the foot. all the doctors we've been to cant figure it out. we have tested for gall stones, appendicitis, every single stomach problem i can think of and all came out negative. we also have used a laproscope to explore her stomach, but they could not find anything unusual. we have been every where but i am running out of ideas. please if you have any idea on top of your head, please post. NOTE: SHE IS ALSO DIABETIC. any diagnosis?

BY THE WAY, IF YOUR IDEA IS LUPUS, **************** ITS NEVER LUPUS

 

[FlowRate]

This is why med schools require calculus.

 

[mitchlucker]

Kidney issues? Crohn's?

I don't think the pre-med forums are the place for this try the med school ones (MD/DO)

 

[mitchlucker]

or just WebMD it

 

[ozzi22]

Kidney issues? Crohn's?

I don't think the pre-med forums are the place for this try the med school ones (MD/DO)

thanks but we ruled out chrons disease because she doesnt have bloody stools or constant diarrhea

 

[Forthegood]

Before this thread is closed...

Asking premeds for a differential is a terrible, terrible idea.

Secondly, you did not provide a hundredth of the information necessary to give anyone the vaguest idea.

Third, if you are that worried, take her to an academic medical center, find a doc in internal medicine, and have him work her up.

Fourth, r/o crohns b/c no blood or constant diarrhea? That is not even close to medically sound. Do some more research on Crohns.

Asking med students is a bad idea too. We may be able to come close to a descent differential on a good day (doubt it) but on a bad day, or even a regular day, we are not people you should put your loved one's health decisions on. Really, us or anyone else on the internet.

That being said...
A diabetic (age?) woman with chronic N/V, pain in the stomach, bloating, fatigue, chest pain and swelling of the foot.

Fat, female, flatulent, forty, fertile is a good combo for gb dz. You say no, ok.

Does she smoke? Any PMH? How about heart troubles? History of DVT or blood clots? What kinda stomach pain? What kind of chest pain? Aggrevating/alleviating factors? How is her diabates controlled? What's her A1c? Any lifestyle changes in the past few years? This list of questions could literally go on for an hour... that's why the framework of medicine is the H&P.

All of this could be explained by acid reflux and an aggrevated twisted ankle. Both of which are super common... this is why you need to be more specific.

So don't rely on us for a differential, it's a terrible idea. But I thought it might help to get you started by showing some questions that you should be asking...

 

[WuMedic]

With all due respect, if a bunch of doctors, working on this for the past year, who have already been through medical training can't figure it out, why do you think a bunch of teenagers and early twenty somethings without medical training can figure this out?

 

[cclewis]

In before the lock!

 

[mmmcdowe]

I wasn't aware that Crohn's required bloody diarrhea...

 

[NickNaylor]

inb4 lock

 

[Geekchick921]

Sorry, SDN is not the place to seek medical advice. Thread closed.