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Nurses please i need help with figuring out wats wrong with my sister

for 2wks now she has been having stomach pains. this week it has gotten serious. i keep telling her to go to the clinic but she keeps forgetting and has hospital/clinic anxiety so when she gets there, she forgets everything. its now worse she is crying. So, being a very new RN(7months) i dont really know much but i was able to do some assessment. Here is what i amable to get form her:

she ddescribes it as a pain like cramping but "above cramping. it just hurts" that is constant and located "just above my belly button" that gets worse after eating but gets better after drinking soda like spirte or coke. her stools ar enot loose and are formed and normal. no unsual color change.

Any ideas? i have had her buy some kapidex, pepcid or reglan cos i figured she may have alot of acids going on. lately she says she has been eatin a lot of applesauce. I dont know if its acidic. she is yet to buy any of these meds. Any ideas please?:confused:

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If she is in that much pain she wouldn't "forget" to go to the hospital. :| They don't allow medical advice to be given here. You just will have to keep trying to get her to go into the Dr. I hope everything turns out ok.

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If she is in that much pain she wouldn't "forget" to go to the hospital. :| They don't allow medical advice to be given here. You just will have to keep trying to get her to go into the Dr. I hope everything turns out ok.

thanks. i dont think she forgets. she just has alot of anxiety when she goes to a clinic or hospital. I only asked for ideas not diagnosis. but thanks nevertheless.

Take her to pcp, or er if pain is that bad. hope she is okay.

OP, you know as an RN that you must have her seen by an MD. Go with her and help her to explain her symptoms--just be with her during the exam. Do you have an urgent care center somewhat nearby? You also know that you should not randomly "prescribe" meds. If you are clueless to what the problem is, how can that help?!

thanks. i dont think she forgets. she just has alot of anxiety when she goes to a clinic or hospital. I only asked for ideas not diagnosis. but thanks nevertheless.

I understand, I just wanted to warn you because this thread will end up getting closed, asking ideas concerning a medical problem is considered the same thing here and their are liability issues I think which is why they get very strict on it. Hopefully she will go in.

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Help her to write everything down so that she can share the correct information with the doctor -- when you can finally get her there.

Best advice is to get her to go to her pcp.

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Above posters are correct:

per our terms of service to which you agreed at sign-up, we can't provide advice.

Your sister needs to be seen to be diagnosed correctly.

Take care.

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