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Getting Upper Stomach Pain. Cured After Taking Medicine. Pain Reoccurs After Taking Medicine. What Could Be This?
my wife is experiencing upper stomach pain for the second time in this week.After the first we went to a doc and he prescribed megaldrate simithicone and oxithazine. The pain relieved after six hours. There is no unusual sound of trapped gas in the stomach when it is hit with the finger . The pain again appeared after one week after meals but not heart burn not much of expulsion of gas. It don t relieves by expulsion of gas either. This time it relieved after three hours of taking the above medication .No tests have been done by the doc yet. What it could it be kindly advice. She had earlier experienced mild pains in the stomach which relieved by hot water bags and some home remedies.
Fri, 13 Jul 2012
Dear ranjithayakkat,
I am assuming that the doctors have ruled out pregnancy !
Pain in the upper stomach , especially recurrent and related to
ingestion of meals may indicate beginnings of an ulcer in the
stomach. Since the pain was relieved by taking simethacone
and an antispsmodic medicine, problem could very well be
related to excess acid . Your wife would need to see the
doctor who can arrange for x-ray series of her stomach and also
send her for stool and blood tests. If the pain does not respond
to medications , she might need further investigations including
gallbladder sonogram and perhaps a scope examination of
the stomach to detect ulcer.
Good luck,
I am assuming that the doctors have ruled out pregnancy !
Pain in the upper stomach , especially recurrent and related to
ingestion of meals may indicate beginnings of an ulcer in the
stomach. Since the pain was relieved by taking simethacone
and an antispsmodic medicine, problem could very well be
related to excess acid . Your wife would need to see the
doctor who can arrange for x-ray series of her stomach and also
send her for stool and blood tests. If the pain does not respond
to medications , she might need further investigations including
gallbladder sonogram and perhaps a scope examination of
the stomach to detect ulcer.
Good luck,
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