Gallbladder Surgery, Burning Skin Sensation, and Hardened Colon
In 2004, my wife underwent surgery to remove her gallbladder with 389 stones. After her surgery, she began to experience burning sensation to her skin whenever she gets a shower or any water splashes on her skin. Taking a shower or bath leaves her visibly upset from the burning sensation and it also makes her vomit. She was diagnosed with Barrett's Syndrome after the gallbladder surgery and her colon is swollen and extremely hard. All this happened following the gallbladder surgery. Is there any correlation to these events?
Re: Gallbladder Surgery, Burning Skin Sensation, and Hardened Colon
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Originally Posted by hereticzero
In 2004, my wife underwent surgery to remove her gallbladder with 389 stones. After her surgery, she began to experience burning sensation to her skin whenever she gets a shower or any water splashes on her skin. Taking a shower or bath leaves her visibly upset from the burning sensation and it also makes her vomit. She was diagnosed with Barrett's Syndrome after the gallbladder surgery and her colon is swollen and extremely hard. All this happened following the gallbladder surgery. Is there any correlation to these events?
Since nobody has replied, I will give it a try with the disclaimer that I am not a medical doctor nor medically trained.
Your wife may have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) which is one of those disorders with vague, irritating and different symptoms for people. I am not sure about the irritating effect of the splashing water on her skin because that sounds more like something akin to fibromyalga. Therefore, it is possible that these symptoms are related (the result of some underlying disease system) or completely unrelated. It sure sounds like a difficult puzzle to solve. What do her physicians say?
Re: Gallbladder Surgery, Burning Skin Sensation, and Hardened Colon
Her doctors do not know the cause or how to treat the symptoms. A doctor ruled out fibromyalgia but my experience with chronic illnesses is that many times other symptoms are apparent before the actual disease is diagnosed. One example is arthritis where maybe an eye condition is diagnosed years before the arthritis becomes noticeable in the joints. My wife is going to see a specialist in neuralgia soon and maybe he can shed some light on this problem. I've heard of the burning skin sensation but that was with people who have an allergy, believe it or not, to water. My wife was fine with water until she underwent gallbladder surgery several years ago. This is just one big puzzle.
Re: Gallbladder Surgery, Burning Skin Sensation, and Hardened Colon
After seeing every specialist we can afford, doctors have come to the conclusion that my wife is suffering from fibromyalgia and have started her on Lyrica--they came to the conclusion based on the skin-burning pain she suffers from in the shower. That is the up-date on the burning skin sensation she suffers from.
