Re: Hunger in the night

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In a message dated 4/20/04 1:21:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

laxity@... writes:

<< But

wondering if anyone else is having this?

>>

I have had this......I always thought it was because of the gastritis.....it

also can be because of the dumping syndrome. The food moves too quickly out

of the GI tract......which of course, makes you hungary. If the stomach is

empty for too long....then the pain from the gastritis will start. What I would

recommend is eating just before bed. Then keep some crackers or pretzels, an

apple, whatever she tolerates easily next to the bedside. It sounds like she

just needs to keep some food in her stomach at this time. I don't know about

anyone else, but when I get this way.....I have to have some mild fruit, like

and apple or pear. Easy to digest and soothes the stomach a little. But, she

may find something else works.

She should also find herself an adult GI doc when she can....how odd that the

other doc won't see her any longer......

Hope this helps.

Hugs,

Sue

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Well, I've never had any trouble keeping weight on, but I've had

similar problems with waking up starving in the middle of the night.

I have gotten up in the night more than once to eat.

Acutally, I can get over hungry anytime and I get terrible pains in

my abdomen - then when I eat I get terrible stabbing pains.

I have no idea what causes it - but it has gotten better for me since

I've cut out all grains and processed sugar and cut back on starchy

foods.

Please let us know what the doctor says.

> Hello all

>

> Just a quick question -- I was wondering if anyone knew of a gi

issue that

> would cause hunger in the night; creating a sleep disturbance.

>

> My daughter; 20 HEDS with chronic gastritis, reverse motility and

somewhat

> of a dumping syndrome has been having this in the last month. Of

course I

> need to take her to the GI doc -- but the one she was seeing prior

to this

> refuses to see her now that she is over 19. She says that if she

does not

> eat twice at night - once immediately before bed; that she will

wake and be

> hungry and if she lets it go she will be too hungry and in pain to

eat the

> next day. Prior to the EDS dx she was always off the chart off the

records -

> below - in weight. The meds have helped her to put on some weight;

so that

> she does not look so emaciated and anorexic. This is not

psychological.

>

> I am thinking it is nutritional? Part of the dumping syndrome? But

> wondering if anyone else is having this?

>

> Thanks in advance.