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Need Medication For Stomach Pains,loss Of Appetite & Passing Of Black Stool
HI MY GREAT AUNT IS 88 YEARS OLD AND FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS SHE HAS BEEN HAVING STOMACH PAINS, NO APPITITE AND HER STOOL IS BLACK, IM WORRIED ABOUT HER AND I HAVE TRIED TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL BUT SHE REFUSES? IM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS A STOMACH VIRUS OR SOMETHING ELSE? PLEASE HELP
Fri, 4 Jul 2014
Hi,
Looking at the age and symptoms, I am thinking of a bleeding in stomach.
The stomach pain could be due to bleeding in stomach secondary to gastritis or tumor. This could have led to black stools. Associated pain could have led to loss of appetite.
I advise you to take her immediately to ER and get an upper GI endoscopy done to evaluate the bleeding. Risk of perforation is present, so need to go at the earliest.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
Looking at the age and symptoms, I am thinking of a bleeding in stomach.
The stomach pain could be due to bleeding in stomach secondary to gastritis or tumor. This could have led to black stools. Associated pain could have led to loss of appetite.
I advise you to take her immediately to ER and get an upper GI endoscopy done to evaluate the bleeding. Risk of perforation is present, so need to go at the earliest.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
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