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What Is The Remedy For Pain From Stomach Around Rib Cage To Back With Indigestion?

I have indigestion, and bad pain on my upper near rib cage, it seems to go around ribcage to the side and back, it seems the pain is all the way from front thru my back top on right side, I take a good bit of my stomach medicine to ease pain. I have notice that it is occurring more often
Fri, 31 Oct 2014
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Hi ! Good evening. I am Dr Shareef answering your query.

Even though it requires a personal physical assessment of the abdomen, if I were your doctor, I would do some blood tests of yours like a CBC, Blood sugar, blood urea, s creatinine, liver function test, serum amylase and serum lipase apart from considering the necessity of an ultrasound abdomen to rule out chances of a cholecystitis and/or a pancreatitis.

In addition to the investigations as noted above, I would also advise you to abstain from alcohol and smoking if you do, and add more of roughage and liquids to your diet, and a moderate exercise schedule. On the drugs front, I would advise you for a probiotic, along with a proton pump inhibitor and an antacid gel with a anti spasmodic for symptomatic relief. Last bot not the least, if all of the above are inconclusive, and treatment did not give you relief, I would consider referring you to a gastro enterologist for a possible endoscopic evaluation of your stomach intestines.

Further management and allied investigations would depend on the results and reports of the aforementioned procedures.

I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.

Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. Wishing you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.


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What Is The Remedy For Pain From Stomach Around Rib Cage To Back With Indigestion?

Hi ! Good evening. I am Dr Shareef answering your query. Even though it requires a personal physical assessment of the abdomen, if I were your doctor, I would do some blood tests of yours like a CBC, Blood sugar, blood urea, s creatinine, liver function test, serum amylase and serum lipase apart from considering the necessity of an ultrasound abdomen to rule out chances of a cholecystitis and/or a pancreatitis. In addition to the investigations as noted above, I would also advise you to abstain from alcohol and smoking if you do, and add more of roughage and liquids to your diet, and a moderate exercise schedule. On the drugs front, I would advise you for a probiotic, along with a proton pump inhibitor and an antacid gel with a anti spasmodic for symptomatic relief. Last bot not the least, if all of the above are inconclusive, and treatment did not give you relief, I would consider referring you to a gastro enterologist for a possible endoscopic evaluation of your stomach intestines. Further management and allied investigations would depend on the results and reports of the aforementioned procedures. I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts. Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. Wishing you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.