She was admitted to hospital where tests show nothing. They rehydrated her and administered morphine for pain. . . horrific hallucinations. She also has dementia and quickly slipping into alzheimers. No appetite, losing weight, constant nausea. Her gallbladder was removed years ago, however she is and has struggled with UTI's for years. She's currently in a nursing home, but I see her slipping away each day. She was very lucid yesterday, but still battling nausea and diarrhea. MRI showed nothing, which was both good and bad. No cancer, but no definitive answers. What would cause these symptoms? She has also been on an antidepressant for years, and has lately been very depressed. At 84 and failing health, having no independence isn't helping her dementia. Your help is much appreciated.
Has blood work been done for vitamins? blood count? etc?
I am sorry for your mom's troubles. I have crohns and with a bad flare all of those symptoms can happen. Has she seen a GI doc? Might help. Tried anti nausea meds? How about dicyclomine? It helps stop spasms in the GI tract and causes few side effects. Maybe PCP at NH would give it a try.
my feeling is that all my good bacteria have been lost and can no longer resist the bad ones.
The UTIs your loved one had experienced and the subsequent use of antibiotics could have also caused her problems. She may also be lactose intolerent so it is work trying to eliminate lactose from her diet to see if it works. Also avoid fatty foods. i can't help with the pain as I have not had pain and only minimal nausia but certainly loss of appetite.
I'm wondering if the repeated UTIs are occurring in part because the previous episode just never completely resolved?
Perhaps she's also developed resistance to the antibiotics.
I'm also wondering if she shouldn't be seen by a urologist, or has she seen one?
I don't have any really insightful suggestions but hope that others with more experience will come along and share their knowledge.
I can certainly understand your frustration though and hope someone else offers help.