hi dear gurus of vast health knowledge, i would like to seek for your advice for my dad. 70+yrs old. small frame body, thin. 8 years ago, he had a terrible bout of H. pylori infections. 2 times. then was plagued with chronic fatigue syndrome, insomnia and was put on antidepressants and tranquilizers. he tried drastically to stop all medications and experienced withdrawal symptoms till his weight plummeted to only 30kg. (4 yrs ago). then he went back on antidepressants n low dose of tranquilizers to help him sleep (but again suffered the medicine side effects like blurriness, tremors). And all this while it is his gut that is giving him problems. bloatedness, gastric, IBS, feeling hungry, eats 5 small meals a day (skip gluten stuffs) but never put on weight. he just feels horrible in his tummy n cant sleep at nite. (doc has done so many scope in his intestines but they found nothing wrong with him, and said that it most probably be a case of elderly depression). but this has escalated to eczema at his back (again using steroid creams) and also rheumatism n sciatica (pinching of the nerves) which he uses FIR pads to help (it helps him alot actually but still his gut gives alot of problems). Its a cycle. after reading many articles, i believe the gut needs to be healed first b4 we attempt to treat the other symptoms. Pls do advise how i can help my dad as so many docs brush him off saying that he is just depressed (his depression is due to his health of coz. it is a sad cycle).
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:54:48 +0000
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