Chronic Mid Epigastric Pain

Posted By Regina on November 17, 1998 at 17:01:27:







I am 35 years old and for the past year I have had a chronic dull pain just below the sternum.  I can not cross my arms or even slightly touch this area without increasing the pain.  When I brought it to my doctors attention, she thought she felt a mass and did a CT scan which showed nothing.  I have chronic slight nausea with hiccuping, weight loss while trying hard to put weight on (95#, gain one - lose three).  My doctor seems to want to ignore my symptoms yet I know this is not normal and need some advise as to what I should request her to look at or for.