My husband has had stomach problems since he was a child (he's 35). He's officially diagnosed with IBS. Recently his issues have gotten much worse, and he has symptoms that don't seem to be IBS, severe nausea, fever, dizziness. About once a week it gets so bad that he thinks about going to the ER. He has a doctors appointment next week and I wanted to look up the symptoms of other things that could be a possibility (ulcers, Chron's disease, Ulcertative Colitis...). I also started looking up symptoms of CF.
That may sound strange, but let me explain why. My husband has congenital absence of the vas deference. After we found out (over 10 years ago), he had a testicular ultrasound, during which the tech looked concerned, left the room and returned with someone else. They looked at the screen and whispered to each other, and all that I could make out was, does that look like cystic something(?) to you? When we had the follow up with the doctor, he suggested my husband be tested for CF. He was vague about the reasoning and we were young and didn't ask enough questions. My husband didn't want to do it. I think it scared him, and he thought that if he had CF, he would know. I looked it up and only found info about respiratory problems, and diagnosis in childhood. It didn't sound like him, and pretty much refused, so even though I thought he should be tested, I let it go. It's always been a question mark in my mind. So, with the increase of symptoms, even though I didn't know CF could cause digestive distress, I decided to look it up, I think mostly for peace of mind.
Then I found things about people being diagnosed later in life, symptomatic carriers, mild cases, and people with CF that don't have the chronic respiratory problems but have stomach problems.
I want my husband to get tested, if nothing more than to rule it out, but I guess what I want to know is, has anyone had a similar experience? Could his stomach problems be CF related? Am I justified in bringing up testing to him/his doctor? Any advise would be helpful. Thanks.
That may sound strange, but let me explain why. My husband has congenital absence of the vas deference. After we found out (over 10 years ago), he had a testicular ultrasound, during which the tech looked concerned, left the room and returned with someone else. They looked at the screen and whispered to each other, and all that I could make out was, does that look like cystic something(?) to you? When we had the follow up with the doctor, he suggested my husband be tested for CF. He was vague about the reasoning and we were young and didn't ask enough questions. My husband didn't want to do it. I think it scared him, and he thought that if he had CF, he would know. I looked it up and only found info about respiratory problems, and diagnosis in childhood. It didn't sound like him, and pretty much refused, so even though I thought he should be tested, I let it go. It's always been a question mark in my mind. So, with the increase of symptoms, even though I didn't know CF could cause digestive distress, I decided to look it up, I think mostly for peace of mind.
Then I found things about people being diagnosed later in life, symptomatic carriers, mild cases, and people with CF that don't have the chronic respiratory problems but have stomach problems.
I want my husband to get tested, if nothing more than to rule it out, but I guess what I want to know is, has anyone had a similar experience? Could his stomach problems be CF related? Am I justified in bringing up testing to him/his doctor? Any advise would be helpful. Thanks.
I talked to him last night, and he's agreed to be tested.