Weird movements in my gut - please hlp

[vdrtime]

Hi doctor. I am a 18 year old male with gastrointestinal problems. I had all my symptoms come on REALLY suddenly on May 12 and most of them have not left. I had nausea (but no vomiting), loss of appetite (I would gag when I was eating), and a rumbling and gurgling in my stomach like something is in my stomach. This felt like the stomach flu almost but I didn't have any diarrhea. Sitting up seemed to help. The only symptom I still have now is is the gurgling and weird feelings in my stomach in my mid abdomen most of the time, some days a tender stomach, and some days pain under my bottom left rib. My bowel movement are normal, I might be a bit constipated though. I went to my GP a month ago and he gave me omeprazole 20 mg which helped for a while but doesn't help as much as it used to. I am most concerned about this gurgling feeling. It might be gas but I can't pass it.  I am worried that I have something serious. Thank you for your help.

[Ratnakar Kini]

Hi vdrtime,
You are having signs and symptoms of dyspepsia.
It could be due to various causes including H.pylori infection, GERD, gall bladder problems and so on.
Upper GI endoscopy and ultrasound scan  of abdomen may give some clue regarding the diagnosis.
PPI for 4-8 weeks may give some relief.
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- Ratnakar Kini M.D.

[vdrtime]

Every time I go to the doctor he just gives me a PPI which relieves some of the gas, but so far for some reason he has not run any tests to see what is wrong. I have learned that stress make the movements in my stomach worse, but just thinking about it causes me stress. What condition could cause these symptoms?