abdominal pain

hi
   im Albert S. Galiza.. im 17 years old. and i have a problem with my abdomen.its been bothering me lately.. i have been suffering from a bit abdominal pain for almost 5 months i think. i get this heat shortly after 2 hours eating. plus i get really paranoid because my grandmother died from pancretic ulcer. 5 months ago i seffered 1 week of pain. i also encountered one day where i had black stool. i went to a physician and required me meds zantac and i think the meds are not making me satisfied.do you i have risk for cancer like my grandma? im really paranoid. i need help. please thanks! im looking forward to it

[Ratnakar Kini, MD]

Hi,
All your symptoms point towards peptic ulcer with one episode of bleeding.
An upper GI endoscopy may be done to confirm it.
A course of PPI like prilosec or nexium may be taken.
H.pylori infection is the commonest cause. So check for this infection and if found positive treat it with triple therapy ( antibiotics).

[tabbert]

hey thank you so much! i have been taking zantac 75mg for alomost 4 months and im not that satisfied so i increased it to 150mg a day..up to now. before it was 75mg a day.do you think its peptic ulcer? cause i have been suffering for almost 5months til now. hey dont you think i will have pancreatic cancer just like my grandmother? last night while i was making the post i felt a little 2/10 pain in my upper abdominal left quadrant. thank you thank you thank you!