Reoccurring abdominal pain and nausea. Low wbc, taking medication. Pregnant. Any ideas?
Patient: Every so often, my girlfriend gets abdominal pain and nausea. It becomes quite severe and we end up having to go to the ER. When we do, they always just give her anti-nausea meds and pain killers take a urine sample, tell her that her white blood cell count is low, and then tell her she's fine and send her on her way. But it keeps coming back, generally several months apart, and now she's pregnant and it came back again last weekend. Any ideas or advice? Doctor: Hello,  thanks for the query to H.C.M. Forum I would like to say one thing that she  has   Hyper acidity ( gastritis) , that's why there are pain and nausea.  Anxiety, Fried food, Alcohol, Over feeding, Junk food,  All these increases gastritis hence symptoms recur. Now she is pregnant so pregnancy also increases hyper acidity due to certain hormones , hence nausea, vomiting, pain in epigastrium region. Now only one option is there consult a gynaecologist and have  a  treatment for HYPER EMESIS GRAVIDARUM ( nausea and vomiting in pregnancy ). Lemon water luke warm sometimes gives relief in few patients. Good luck Dr. HET