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i have pain in my stomach (between the ribs). it s been bad for the past two days. have been waking up at night because of the pain. do not go to the bathroom regularly (once in two days). i do sports almost every day, eat healthy and am not overweight. i am not taking any medicine.
The stomach pain especially present in the night can be a gastric ulcer problem. When our defense mucosa blood flow decreased or increase gastric acid by smoking, stress, certain drugs, excess spicy foods etcetera than gastric ulcer can develop. For its treatment Rabeprazole once a day for a week prescribed. If no improvement than further workup needed.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards, Dr. Parth Goswami
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Hello, The stomach pain especially present in the night can be a gastric ulcer problem. When our defense mucosa blood flow decreased or increase gastric acid by smoking, stress, certain drugs, excess spicy foods etcetera than gastric ulcer can develop. For its treatment Rabeprazole once a day for a week prescribed. If no improvement than further workup needed. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Parth Goswami