Please help with medical question

[Sherri]

My stomach has been KILLING me right after I eat something the last couple of days. The pain lingers and its to the point that I just don't want to eat.
What can be causing this?

 

[GailT]

I am not a nurse but on piece of advice I can give you is go see a doctor and find out what it is, could be a minor thing but then again you don't know until you have a doctor see you. I don't think asking what anyone thinks on the Dis boards is the right thing to do. Sorry if I offended you or anyone else.
Hope you feel better soon

 

[Otimon]

Call your Dr. as soon as you can. He/she's the only one who can tell you for sure. Hope you feel better soon.

Good luck and best wishes.

 

[mom2taylorandemily]

I had something like a couple of weeks ago, it turned out to be just a stomach bug. It went away after about 5 days. But just to be sure call your Dr.

 

[Mackey Mouse]

I would call my primary care doctor and get an appointment and start there.. Maybe it is nothing, but if you are in pain, best to be seen by your doctor. Good luck.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

Describe what you mean by "killing you". Nausea, vomiting, pain, heartburn?

I would go to the doctor and see what is going on. Keep a diary of what you eat and what your symptoms are afterwards (what and for how long).

Is it just spicy foods or dairy foods or anything in particular?

Hope you feel better soon!

 

[druidia]

Not a doc, not a nurse, just my personal experience: Could be an ulcer or GERD or gastritis. My GERD pain felt nothing at all like heartburn and I didn't have classic heartburn; I would get burning pain between my rib cage and navel, but not just around eating; it seemed random. My doc put me on Prevacid and it helped. You could try Zantac, Pepcid or Prilosec OTC for a few days and see if it helps. But those may only help temporarily, especially if its an ulcer, and I would be careful with those if you are taking other meds. If it's an ulcer, usually you will need an antibiotic in addition to a stomach acid med to get well.

If it's severe pain, you should see someone.

 

[Sherri]

I am not a nurse but on piece of advice I can give you is go see a doctor and find out what it is, could be a minor thing but then again you don't know until you have a doctor see you. I don't think asking what anyone thinks on the Dis boards is the right thing to do. Sorry if I offended you or anyone else.
Hope you feel better soon

I was planning on calling the Doctor, but its Sunday night so I just thought I would ask just in case someone had something similar happen to them.
Sorry if it came accross like I wanted someone to diagnose me.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

It could easily be a virus but I would think you would check with a doctor not Dis (even though this is a wonderful group of people).

 

[kandeebunny]

look back and write down what you ate before each episode. It may help figure things out for your Dr.

 

[poohandwendy]

***In no way meant to be a diagnosis, LOL***

That is how I felt before I was dxed with stomach ulcers. The way the doctor explained it to me is that when you eat, your stomach creates more acid to digest your food, and the ulcers hurt when that extra acid is produced. Some people feel the pain hours later, I felt it right after I ate. Which, of course, made me not want to eat...which compounded the problem.

I think I expected ulcers to be like a burning achy pain, mine wasn't. It was a sharp acute pain right below my breastbone, in the middle. Felt like a knife (not that I have any experience with stabbing, LOL)

I had to get an endoscopy to dx it and then medication to treat it. Made a HUGE difference. And I also do best with small meals throughout the day, just something to give my stomach acids something to chew on, other than my stomach lining. I didn't notice any difference in the pain with specific foods...everything pretty much caused the same reaction. FWIw

Obviously, talking to your dr is the best thing and I am sure that is your plan.

Good luck with it!

 

[Aimeedyan]

It could be anything from a stomach virus to cancer, with a million things between. You just have to see your doctor to start ruling things out!