Could this be just a stomach ulcer..?

[breakdownbabe]

I've had upper abdomen pains, chest pains and nausea for 3 weeks now. Lost a stone, can barely eat a thing when I do I feel full after basically nothing.

3 doctors have told me they think it's ulcers or gastritis and once I've been tested for h pylori if no better I'll need an endoscopy.
I can't help but worry it's something sinister.
Has anyone else had anything like this?

Possibly gastropareisis?

Yep. Exact same symptoms and actually so painful at one point I went to a&e. It was severe gastritis and after a course of lanzaprozole (I think about a month if I remember rightly) it calmed down. It can still flare up from time to time if I drink a lot/eat spicy food though x

@Hotmess1 did it take more than a week or so for the lanzoprazole to work? Did you manage to eat?

My daughter got severe gastritis and felt like this. She had been taking ibuprofen for an injury. 3 months of omeprazole and she was ok. She has been told never to take ibuprofen in any form again

It will take at least a week for PPI medications to take effect.
Push for an endoscopy, until they’ve looked, they can’t be sure.

Yes. I was put on omeprazole but I basically had to reset my eating. I cut out all foods that are known for causing reflux and I also learned I'm allergic to a preservative used in bread, calcium propionate. Once everything had settled I reintroduced foods one by one. I still don't eat any bread with that preservative in although I occasionally get caught out and I really know about it. The only other things I can't eat now are raw peppers and any onions (they have to be really cooked), and bacon. I do sometimes get a reflux flare up, but a low dose omeprazole sorts it.

@DelilahBucket when yours was bad did you lose your appetite? Really struggle to eat and felt pain and nausea after?

My DS was diagnosed as having H Pylori and he had exactly the same symptoms as you’re having. He had a course if 2 different antibiotics and took omeprazole and took about 2 weeks to feel better.

Exactly that. My weight plummeted. I was eating a toddler sized portion of food at best and if I wasn't throwing it up afterwards I felt sick with ridiculous stomach pain. The calcium propionate causes awful stomach pain for days after I've had it. It all started when randomly one day I ate my lunch and then threw it back up within ten minutes of eating. Didn't eat properly for about six months after that. Several GPs were adamant it was because I took naproxen two days a month for my period, with food. One obnoxious idiot even told me I should not need any painkillers for my periods (suspected endo sufferer being told off for pain relief by a man 🤬).
In the end it was a chance conversation with a nurse practitioner and I said I always felt worse after bread. She mentioned the calcium propionate and honestly it was a game changer. Only had the stomach pain and nausea when I've eaten it by accident ever since.

@DelilahBucket that sounds horrendous! Did you have stomach ulcers/gastritis or was it just an intolerance to the ingredient in the bread? Did you feel full after tiny portions too? x

No ulcers or gastritis, didn't even get as far as a camera down my throat, but I had been tested for H Pylori. It was the intolerance combined with reflux, but the two things were causing different symptoms. It wasn't necessarily being full, I just felt really sick and didn't want to eat as soon as I tried.

I should add it isn't an intolerance to calcium propionate. In it's purest form, this ingredient is banned. Bakers were using it and breaking out in rashes all up their arms. Why we are allowed to eat it is beyond me. Most people just get reflux symptoms when eating it but think it's specifically bread that is the cause and then think they can't have gluten. It's actually really common.