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What Causes Upper Stomach Pain?

Im 15, 5'8 and 140 pounds havent had any problems up until now... im having upper stomach pains believe its stomach ulcers but im not sure, i cant eat because it hurts morning time and night is the worst i wake up during the night atleast twice with sharp pains and i do feel pain through out the day. i've had this pain for about 3 weeks now and it just keeps get worse, i can only eat small things and have to stop in between while im eating because i start feeling sick and i've lost weight was 150 down to 140 now, is it a stomach ulcer or could it be something else ?
Tue, 26 Dec 2017
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
At the young age the cause of pain in upper abdomen particularly after eating and causing weight loss due to less food intake is usually due to acidity related problems like gastritis, duodenitis and so on.
Hence I would advise you the following in such a situation:
Get an appointment for consultation with a Gastroenterologist for clinical evaluation, examination and investigations like Upper GI Endoscopy.
Till then you can take a PPI like Omeprazole, antacids when on empty stomach.
Soft bland diet.
Small frequent feeds.
Avoid stress and anxiety as is common at your age.
All these points together should help you solve the problems.

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What Causes Upper Stomach Pain?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood the concerns. At the young age the cause of pain in upper abdomen particularly after eating and causing weight loss due to less food intake is usually due to acidity related problems like gastritis, duodenitis and so on. Hence I would advise you the following in such a situation: Get an appointment for consultation with a Gastroenterologist for clinical evaluation, examination and investigations like Upper GI Endoscopy. Till then you can take a PPI like Omeprazole, antacids when on empty stomach. Soft bland diet. Small frequent feeds. Avoid stress and anxiety as is common at your age. All these points together should help you solve the problems.