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Suggest Treatment For Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Question: For the past month my appetite has decreased and for the past week, every time I eat breakfast or lunch I get severe stomach cramps. My gallbladder was taken out last year. I take heart meds high blood pressure and Hurd meds. I'm worried, what could be the cause? Because of the pain, I'm afraid to eat therefore no I only have one meal per day.
Brief Answer:
peptic ulcer disease or irritable bowel syndrome.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome to Healthcare magic. Thank you for posting your query. I can understand your concern.
It is difficult to make a diagnosis without actually examining you. There are possibilities that you could be having irritable bowel syndrome or reflux disease or peptic ulcer disease - to name a few.
I would suggest you to -
- Avoid oily, spicy food
- I would start tablet pantoprazole and tablet drotin - this will reduce the symptoms.
- Get a blood hemoglobin done - to look for occult blood loss from an ulcer
- Continue with other medicines
- Get an abdominal ultrasound done and an upper GI endoscopy done - to clinch the diagnosis.
Do not worry.
Visit a gastroenterologist. He/she can examine and correlate clinically.
Hope this helps.
Write back to us.
Regards.
peptic ulcer disease or irritable bowel syndrome.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome to Healthcare magic. Thank you for posting your query. I can understand your concern.
It is difficult to make a diagnosis without actually examining you. There are possibilities that you could be having irritable bowel syndrome or reflux disease or peptic ulcer disease - to name a few.
I would suggest you to -
- Avoid oily, spicy food
- I would start tablet pantoprazole and tablet drotin - this will reduce the symptoms.
- Get a blood hemoglobin done - to look for occult blood loss from an ulcer
- Continue with other medicines
- Get an abdominal ultrasound done and an upper GI endoscopy done - to clinch the diagnosis.
Do not worry.
Visit a gastroenterologist. He/she can examine and correlate clinically.
Hope this helps.
Write back to us.
Regards.
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