My daughter started with severe abdominal pain in July and was admitted to hospital, they did no tests and eventually I went to see a private doctor with her. He suspected Gastritis and prescribed her the triple therapy for H Pylori, which worked and within 4 days I had my daughter back (she had been in pain and eating very little for 3 weeks)!
At the end of August her symptoms started again, mildly at first and by mid September she was in severe pain again and not eating. We went to a Paed gastro consultant on the NHS and he suspected peptic ulcer syndrome (it was the same doctor that we had paid privately to see). She was scheduled for a Endoscopy on the 1st November! She returned to school for only 7 days of the new school new year, and was in extreme pain and unable to walk or move anywhere. I took her to A&E at the beginning of October and she was admitted to hospital to have an emergency endoscopy which was done on the 7th October. The endoscopy showed severe chronic gastritis and multiple ulcers in her stomach. We were so relieved to have found the cause and that those magic anti biotics would once again make her well!
Unfortunately they didnt do the job this time, and we are nearly another 4 weeks on and she is still in severe constant pain. She was very upset with me, as I kept saying "you will feel better in a couple of days once the anti biotics kick in". It was heart breaking! She gets most pain, when she is moving or in a car, the slightest bump is agony for her. It wakes her at night and she groans if she is moving in her sleep. She has an MRI this week which was normal.
Does anyone have any experience of recurring peptic ulcers?
Thanks