Gallbladder Surgery, Burning Skin Sensation, and Hardened Colon

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HereticZero

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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?:confused:
 
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 sounRAB 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 sounRAB like a difficult puzzle to solve. What do her physicians say?

I hope she feels better soon.

Rose
 
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.
 
I know this is very frustrating for you. You sound like a very well informed person who will continue to read and research until an answer is found.

Please come back to post and let us know if you found the cause to your wife's reaction to water.

Rose
 
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