Sudden on set of indigestion and upper tummy ache

[ElizabethHoover]

all bloody week. I can't burp very well adn so you can imagine its pretty uncomfy

Any ideas why this would happen?

[ElizabethHoover]

looks pathetically ill

I dont know! how exciting. I will google it.

[ElizabethHoover]

oh no, that looks serious, plus upper right side. Mine is on my left ( as I look down)
I am fine, just a bit like you are when you are pregnant and burpy

[TheoriginalLEM]

Try some deflatine, usually works for me as i get a fair bit of trapped wind. However, gall stone pain can refer to left side and the back, in fact the symptoms can be a bit vague. Gall stone pain can range from mild discomfort to mind melting agony. If it continues, it might be as well to get checked out. Also what have you been eating? high fat content food can trigger gallstone pain. Although it got to the point i couldn't eat anything at all without being in agony.

[ElizabethHoover]

thanks LEM I wondered if it was bigger lunches because of the school holidays initially...

[pinkfrocks]

Any pain in the upper abdo should mean a trip to the drs, if it carries on.
Women's heart attacks are often felt like indigestion, so if you have any risk factors- overweight, unfit etc- go to the dr.

[ElizabethHoover]

yes, I remember that advice. I think is def abdy though as the BURPING is so uncharacteristic

[PurpleWithRed]

Why can't you burp well? Do you routinely suffer from indigestion? I'm with pink - persistent abdo pain warrants a trip to the GP.

[ElizabethHoover]

i dunno, just am rubbish burper. I have never been able to burp.

I am such a ladeeee

[Coldcabbagestew]

I would get yourself seen. Could be cardiac could be gastritis/stomach ulcer or even pancreatitis .

[TheoriginalLEM]

or it could just be indigestion! Whenever i get trapped wind i find it really hard to burp (i guess thats why its called trapped wind!) Try something to shift it - whenever i take deflatine or suchlike i can follow it all around my intestine, all the way out But yes, if it doesn't go, then go to the dr

[ElizabethHoover]

Thanks all. Googled those and Dr Hoover thinks not. I've got some deflatine (nice!) and gaviscon. If that's no good then drs

[PeaceOfWildThings]

I've had a similar problem for the last few days, and the list I found included:

Trapped wind
Dairy intolerance
other allergy
gastroenteritis/food poisoning (high temperature, d/v etc) can be followed by allergy/intolerance to foods such as dairy.
acid reflux/GORD (if nasty taste in mouth)
Strained muscle (if just chest/abdo pain)
Stomach ulcer (if blood in stools)
Pericarditis (with shortness of breath, fever, fatigue, nausea etc).

I'll give mine 5 days, then get a GP appointment, and meanwhile I'm cutting out dairy as I think ut is the most likely cause for me.

[DrankSangriaInThePark]

Peppermint oil capsules from Holland & Barrett.
If it persists, ask for a blood test for h.pylori.
I had chronic indigestiony things for ages and was convinced I had Something Terrible. Was h. pylori and sorted with antibiotics.

[Coldcabbagestew]

Presuming it is none of the serious causes I listed above you could try a few days of omeprazole (you can buy this over the counter ie in boots). It works by reducing stomach acid production and it is what is usually prescribed by doctors for heartburn/reflux .

[seaoflove]

I know what you mean about not being able to burp when you really need to. Trapped wind is agony. Have you tried Windeze?

[nikki1978]

Drinking hot water makes you burp. As hot as you can drink it without burning your mouth. No idea why it works but it does. Got the idea from Mil.

[noddyholder]

Gallstones or plain old over indulgence which unfortunately happens as we get older

[ElizabethHoover]

Need. Pain gone. Burping still there

[ElizabethHoover]

News, rather

[PeaceOfWildThings]

Glad you are on the mend!
I am still burping too, but it no longer hurts at all to drink water.
Mine has dulled to mild discomfort when I eat, but I am still on a narrow diet of mainly brown rice, oats and non dairy milk substitute with non acidic cooked veggies, and plain cooked ground meat.

[ElizabethHoover]

tummy now weirdly bloaty and sore

Including around to my back

i am going TO DIE

Drs tomorrow