What leads to stomach upset?
Patient: I ve been having this bad pain in my stomach for over a week now. I can t hardly eat. it feels like my food is still sitting in my stomach and hasn t digested. no matter how little I eat it still hurts. I have volmited a few times and it doesn t make the pain go away. I haven t really ate much at all picked at some dried fruit and a few crackers over the past few days. the hurting is just under my left rib area. just not sure if this a bad thing or not. It almost feels like my food is trying to push back up in my chest area. No indigestion or heartburn, Doctor: Hi ! Good morning. I am Dr Shareef answering your query.At the outset I would advise you not to eat from outside if you do. Outside food could give rise to intestinal infections or might produce some kind of sensitivity reaction to a particular component of food examples being lactose intolerance and gluten sensitivity which are under diagnosed everywhere. Once this factor is removed, I would advise you to go for bland diet without any fat, and least spices to avoid gastric irritation. I would also prescribe you with a proton pump inhibitor, a probiotic and a prokinetic drug. If all these are not helpful, I would not hesitate to refer you to a gastro enterologist for a possible endoscopic evaluation of your gut.I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. Wishing you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.