Guest guest Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Here's a few questions for you, Will, or anyone who wants to jump in with some answers for me! (Will, I don't mean to bog you, personally, down with questions, it's just that some of these questions came to mind from reading various posts by you over the past few weeks!) 1. How/With what exactly do you make a castor oil hot pack? 2. I know digestive enzymes are good, but which ones specifically should we look for? There's so many out there, and they all have different combos of enzymes. Should the acidoph & lactob be a separate capsule or is it okay to be in the same capsule with other enzymes? 3. My husband has severe allergies - he's allergic to just about everything in the air, and all kinds of food (apples, milk, soy, rice, coffee, banana, chocolate {how could anyone be allergic to chocolate? LOL}, and so on). He's had problems for years with belching alot after meals. His allergist told him some of that could be caused by ingesting the food(s) he's allergic to. Is that true, or could it be true? 4. I've been having much more frequent problems with the liver & pancreas lately due to sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. Since these problems have increased in severity & frequency, my arthritis/osteoarthritis has flared up pretty bad (in my hands/knees/neck). Do they go hand in hand, ie, liver probs intensifying arthritis symptoms? 5. I've had several surgeries (via ERCP) to increase the size of my biliary & pancreatic sphincters, so since the sphincters cannot totally close, I get lots of gas just sitting in the ducts. It doesn't hurt much, but it is somewhat uncomfortable at times, sometimes it passes thru to the intestines or backs up into the stomach. Is there anything I could be doing (besides exercising) to keep the amount of gas in the ducts from building up too much where it becomes quite uncomfortable/almost painful? (And, no, I will never have any more surgeries like this ever again!) Okay, that's it for now! Thanx in advance for any input/ideas/suggestions!! ) Cathie in PA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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