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STOMACH ACHE
Can anybody please help me out? anytime i eat as soon as i finish eating the food, i experience stomach disorder that i have to rest for a while before moving ahead.
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A stomach pain that starts just after food is usually due to peptic/gastric ulcer. The symptoms could be exacerbation of the GERD or gastric reflux. It could also be hiatal hernia. Treatment is a combination of drugs to reduce the acid and lifestyle changes. You will need to take a combination of medications (under medical supervision) like a proton pump inhibitor such as omeprazole, lansoprazole or pantoprazole empty stomach in the morning and an antacid gel after meals for complete relief. Possibility of H pylori infection too should be looked into by a carbon urea breath test and a combination antibiotic tried. Many a times a persisting H pylori infection can be the cause behind acidity not responding to treatment.
Life style changes that will help include: Avoid heavy meals and eat frequent small meals. Avoid too much of caffeine, tea, smoking, fried food and drinks both alcoholic and non alcoholic fuzzy ones. Avoid heavy exercises within 4 hours of a heavy meal. Raise the head end of the bed by pillows to 30 degrees. Avoid lying down for least 2 hours after food. Maybe these tips will help you.
If these tips do not help, then liver function test, pancreatic enzymes, and HIDA scan for gall bladder should be done. Food intolerance and inflammatory bowel conditions such as IBS, Crohn’s, celiac etc should be considered. Log in what you eat and see if there is a correlation between a certain food type and the symptoms.
You should consult a gastroenterologist (a specialist who looks after the diseases of our digestive system) or a physician for this.
Take care!
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
A stomach pain that starts just after food is usually due to peptic/gastric ulcer. The symptoms could be exacerbation of the GERD or gastric reflux. It could also be hiatal hernia. Treatment is a combination of drugs to reduce the acid and lifestyle changes. You will need to take a combination of medications (under medical supervision) like a proton pump inhibitor such as omeprazole, lansoprazole or pantoprazole empty stomach in the morning and an antacid gel after meals for complete relief. Possibility of H pylori infection too should be looked into by a carbon urea breath test and a combination antibiotic tried. Many a times a persisting H pylori infection can be the cause behind acidity not responding to treatment.
Life style changes that will help include: Avoid heavy meals and eat frequent small meals. Avoid too much of caffeine, tea, smoking, fried food and drinks both alcoholic and non alcoholic fuzzy ones. Avoid heavy exercises within 4 hours of a heavy meal. Raise the head end of the bed by pillows to 30 degrees. Avoid lying down for least 2 hours after food. Maybe these tips will help you.
If these tips do not help, then liver function test, pancreatic enzymes, and HIDA scan for gall bladder should be done. Food intolerance and inflammatory bowel conditions such as IBS, Crohn’s, celiac etc should be considered. Log in what you eat and see if there is a correlation between a certain food type and the symptoms.
You should consult a gastroenterologist (a specialist who looks after the diseases of our digestive system) or a physician for this.
Take care!
Does it sound like this?
http://heartburn.about.com/cs/articles/a/Gastroparesis.htm
Or does it occur after eating certain foods like wheat, rye, barley, malt? And sound like this?
http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/digestive/celiac.html
If it seems to occur after eating wheat, then it could be a problem with gluten. If you can buy foods with teff instead of wheat (hoping you can get this since it grows in Nigeria or something).
http://heartburn.about.com/cs/articles/a/Gastroparesis.htm
Or does it occur after eating certain foods like wheat, rye, barley, malt? And sound like this?
http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/digestive/celiac.html
If it seems to occur after eating wheat, then it could be a problem with gluten. If you can buy foods with teff instead of wheat (hoping you can get this since it grows in Nigeria or something).
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