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I have been experiencing stomach pain for a week. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 29-year-old male, and have stomach pain for around a week (mostly after eating). The pain starts in epigastric regions, and then to lower abdomen. I started noticing changing stool color to more darker stool. There is no diarrhea or vomiting, no fever. I am taking Omeprazole for... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Darker color stools are not a good sign. Kindly do a stool examination and visit your family physician for a thorough check-up, so that he can determine the exact cause for your discomfort. There are many reasons like peptic ulcer, a bacterial infection of the stoma... Read Full »
I am taking medication for rheumatoid arthritis, and I have severe stomach pain. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 75-year-old male with rheumatoid arthritis. I have had bad stomach pain for six to seven months. The pain is intermittent during the day and wakes me at night. This is happening almost every day and night. I get bloated sometimes, and I have nausea and decreased appetite. I weig... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The symptoms you describe fit into the description of the acid peptic disease and peptic ulcers. The culprits for this are Aspirin and Methotrexate. So the first step to treating this will be switching from Aspirin and Methotrexate to a better alternative drug like C... Read Full »
I developed sudden pain in my stomach. Is it due to ulcers?
Query: Hello doctor, I was diagnosed with an ulcer a couple of years ago. I watch what I eat so not to aggravate it, but I woke up early this morning having horrible stomach pains all over the midsection. What could be going on? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your stomach pain is mainly due to the stomach ulcer. Based on the location of the ulcer in the gastrointestinal tract, it can be classified into two types: One which causes severe pain after having food, which is typical of gastric ulcer. The second is a duodenal... Read Full »
How to treat the condition present with stomach ache, ulcer, hiatal hernia and cysts in the kidney?
Query: Hi doctor,I am 23 years old. I am experiencing gastric issues, ulcers in the stomach, hiatal hernia, cysts in my kidneys for the past few days. I have bad stomach pain at night and it hurts around the belly button and at the lower portion of the appendix. Can I have appendicitis? I started to have s... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your complaints can be due to peptic ulcer disease and hiatus hernia. Both of them can co-exist at times. Also get yourself checked for H.Pylori (helicobacter pylori) infection, which can be the cause of having peptic ulcer disease. A course of antibiotics can alleviate y... Read Full »
What is the treatment for recurrent stomach and antral erosions?
Query: Hello doctor, I have erosion in my stomach, severe burning sensation and sometimes vomiting and bloating. I have done endoscopy, colonoscopy, angiography and hospitalized for about four times. Recently, again I have done endoscopy found antral erosion. Please advice. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You have recurrent complaints of antral erosions and ulceration. I will advise some treatment and hope that it will help out. You should send me all your previous endoscopies and other reports done until now. I will also like to know about your H.pylori status. Read Full »
I vomit after eating and have an upset stomach with black stool. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I vomit after eating and have an upset stomach too. I also have a black stool. What could be the causes of these? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. This seems to be peptic ulcer within stomach. The pain of stomach ulcer worsen after taking meals. Do you have a previous history of peptic ulcers? The black stools are suggestive of ongoing bleeding from peptic ulcer; the bleeding may be small to cause change in the... Read Full »
How can I control acidity with headache?
Query: Hello doctor,I am having an acidity problem. From the past 10 days, it is being greater due to which I am having a headache from the past 10 days. What should I do to control it and what should be my diet and routine exercise? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your problem carefully. I need some information that is missing in your query. Your age, job, daily life and dietary habit, acidity increases after or before the meal, more details about the stomach problem, bowel habit. I am trying to give you some suggesti... Read Full »
What can cause acidic with heartburn and occasional stomach pain?
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 51-year-old male. I was diagnosed with hay fever before four months. I was prescribed antihistamine, Omeprazole, and nasal spray for it. Though my symptoms got reduced, they never disappeared. After a couple of months, I started to have heartburn, regurgitation, difficulty in swal... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Ulcer in the stomach is not shown as a diagnosis in the ultrasound. Some antibiotics that you are taking can cause side effects with an erosion of the stomach wall. I am not sure whether you are taking medications to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach. On consi... Read Full »
How to get rid of recurrent acidity, burping, and gas?
Query: Hello doctor, I have severe acidity, excessive burping, and gas for the past few weeks. It gets better but comes back again. I took Cyra D, Pan D, and now Mucaine gel. It relieves the symptoms, but it starts again in a few days, sometimes in a few hours. Please help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can imagine the level of your frustrations, especially for such recurring symptoms of acidity and burping. You see the medications you are taking, like Pan D (Pantoprazole) and Cyra D (Rabeprazole). Both of these medications are acid suppressant medications. Howev... Read Full »
Though I am on medication for peptic ulcer, I am getting blood in stool. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I was diagnosed with peptic ulcers because I was having blood (fresh) in my stool. I am on medication but the medication is not effective because my blood has not stopped for even one day. It keeps coming every time I go to pass stool and at times my stool has blood in it too. My stom... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Well, the peptic ulcer disease often presents with upper abdominal pain. It does not present with per rectal bleeding unless some once has a brisk and huge amount of bleeding ulcers with the stomach or small bowel. And the color of stools often appears dark tarry b... Read Full »