What is the cause of my upper back pain?
Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
I have been experiencing discomfort and pain in the upper right side of my back, leading to my neck, for about a week. Ice, heat, cream, and Ibuprofen do not seem to work. Now, the discomfort and the pain have circulated off and on from my back to my abdominal area and my torso. Could this be related to stress, or could this be related to having gas in your body, or is it ulcer-related?
Hello,
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Your symptoms are suggestive of GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). I advise you do an upper GI (gastrointestinal) endoscopy to know the cause. I suggest taking tablet Pantop (Pantoprazole) 40 mg once daily for 14 days.
Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
Thank you for the reply.
I had an anal endoscopy procedure five months ago. No cancer was found at all. But, I was told that I had high-grade lesions that may lead to cancer in a couple of years. I am due back in a week to get settled for treatment options to prevent it. Could it be precancerous cells that are trying to come up?
Hello,
Welcome back to icliniq.com.
What you had undergone was a colonoscopy which is different from an endoscopy. Unless a biopsy is done, we cannot say if it is cancerous or not. Colonoscopy is the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel.
I want to know whether colonoscopy was done as a screening procedure or as a routine checkup. There are a few indications for colonoscopy. It is usually not done as a regular procedure. A few indications include bleeding per rectum, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, chronic diarrhea, constipation, etc. Let me know if you have any of these.
Same symptoms don't mean you have the same problem. Consult a doctor now!
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