severe abdominal pain and vomiting

[jon309]

for the past 3 weeks i have had severe stomach pains which progress to nausea and vomiting. my dad is a doctor and suggested zantac. i used that with brioschi for a couple days and it was not very helpful. he then said to use prilosec. i am on my 8th day and it helped for a few days but has stopped working. the severe stomach pain continues to evolve into vomiting. i am not eating foods that should trigger problems. my dad suspects an ulcer from h pylori, but the treatment has not helped. i am going to the doctor next week. what should i ask him to look for or check? any help is appreciated. thanks

[geminigirl1963]

It could be - especially if they pumped any gas into you during it, which they do sometimes.  Does the burping help alleviate any of the other symptoms?

[jon309]

also, burping has picked up a lot over the past couple days. i dont know if thats normal after the endoscopy.

[jon309]

thanks for your help. i don't know what to do if this becomes a recurring thing, the doctor really just said get back to exercising (which i had to stop from mono)..no medicine or combination of foods worked to ease stomach pain so if it happens again i dont know how to handle it

[geminigirl1963]

So glad to hear that you're feeling better and you've been able to stop the anti-nausea meds (Zofran works great for me too, but is soooooo expensive!!).

I suppose stress could have been a cause of your problems, but I, like you, can't quite figure out how it would make you SO sick.  Maybe you had a touch of a viral gastroenteritis that was aggravated by stress??

At any rate, it's good that you've had the testing and the results so far have been normal - the best part being that you're feeling better.

[jon309]

i also havent tried prevacid, and stopped prilosec and zofran (antivomiting medicine) over the last 2 days. it is so far much better than it was this weekend where i couldnt stop vomiting and could barely walk

[jon309]

the bloodwork came back normal, still waiting on the biopsy but it will likely be normal. my internal medicine guy believes it was stress gastritis based on the fact that it started during exam week and there hasnt been anything showing up from these tests. i am somehow starting to be able to hold foods now and the pain is less, so maybe that is actually what it is. its hard to believe it could cause pain and vomiting like that though