Can anyone help?

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Hello, List Members:

Can anyone help with suggestions re the following problem?

About three weeks ago, my husband came down with such severe back and

stomach pains that he could not sit, stand or sleep. A visit to a very fine

massage therapist/acupuncturist informed us that his back muscles were so

tight that they were rigid. He has been sweating profusely and sometimes

running a fever.

He has had a problem for many years with a pouch on the esophagus, which he

has been able during those years to 'more or less " manage by watching very

closely what he eats and how much at one time. However, with the onset of

the stomach and back pain, he could not swallow food or liquid without it

coming back up..not all at once, but in a very tortuous process over days, a

little at a time. No liquid or nourishment of any kind can reach his

stomach. However, about two weeks into this, he developed massive diarrhea

for about three or four days. That has now subsided. He said that the

diarrhea was more debilitating that than the knife like pain.

In the last day or so, the back and stomach pain are somewhat better, but

the rigid muscle problem has now gone to his legs. One can literally see

the tight muscles in the legs looking like bound rope. He can barely walk.

Dehydration has of course now become a major problem and not one to be

fooled around with.

Has anyone had a similar experience or can shed any light on what is going

on here?

All input would be most appreciated.

Taffy