painful hunger

Hi
I am a 47 year old obese woman with type II diabetes (insulin dependent).  I recently had an injury to my knee with a torn miniscus and this resulted in a prescription for an NSAID anti-inflammatory medication (e.g. arthrotec) and subsequent surgery to scope the cartilage.  Over the past several months I have been experiencing extremely painful hunger pains that leave me nauseated and on a few occasions having to vomit (very uncharacteristic of me to vomit).  The pains are so sharp and is only eased temporarily by eating a small container of yougurt.  I have been experiencing nocturnal eating (although not to the extremes you hear about).  Usually I will get up and grab a yogurt or non sugar popsicle (in the past I have eaten cereal in the middle of the night but have chosen to not purchase this because of my propensity to do so).  I have also gained some 50 lbs over the past year (after having lost weight due to my untreated diabetes).  NOw that I'm treated I am hungry all the time but the most disturbing problem is the painful nature of my hunger "pains".  Please help!

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[boron]

If it is a burning pain below the breastbone, maybe slightly to the right, it's probably from duodenal ulcer. NSAIDs are common cause. H. pylori infection, which is common may aggravate inflammation and ulcer.

Have a test for H. pylori. Ulcus is diagnosed with duodenoscopy and treated with anti-acid drugs.