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What Causes Severe, Intermittent Upper Abdominal Pain?

i suffer mild to severe pain in my upper abdomen that comes in waves, usually a minute or so apart and lasting roughly 5-10 seconds. I shrugged it off for a couple of days but it is worsening. One thing I have noticed is it almost always feels better after eating, but only for an hour or so. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thu, 12 Feb 2015
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
You have a classical history of intermittent upper abdominal pain, lasting for 5 - 10 seconds and at one minute interval.
This is getting better with eating for an hour or so.

This is indicating that the probable reasons could be :
Gastric or duodenal ulcer or
Small intestinal sub-acute obstruction.

This can be diagnosed easily by :
Upper GI Endoscopy for the gastric ulcer, cancer or any other problems.
and
Barium studies.

Once the diagnosis is done , get treated according to the reports and which may be in the form of :
PPI or Ranitidine,
Liquid Antacid 3 hourly
Domperidone if required.

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What Causes Severe, Intermittent Upper Abdominal Pain?

Hi. Thanks for your query. You have a classical history of intermittent upper abdominal pain, lasting for 5 - 10 seconds and at one minute interval. This is getting better with eating for an hour or so. This is indicating that the probable reasons could be : Gastric or duodenal ulcer or Small intestinal sub-acute obstruction. This can be diagnosed easily by : Upper GI Endoscopy for the gastric ulcer, cancer or any other problems. and Barium studies. Once the diagnosis is done , get treated according to the reports and which may be in the form of : PPI or Ranitidine, Liquid Antacid 3 hourly Domperidone if required.