Help - have stomach problems - positive that it's not acid reflux

[HB87]

Hello everyone.

I'm a male, 22 years old, with no history of stomach ulcers or anything like that etc.

For the last 8-10 months or so I have had some really bad stomach issues.

It 1st started with a general loss of appetite. I was still able to eat for the 1st few months into the disorder, but over the past few months, the conditioned has worsened to the point that I have TOTALLY lost my appetite, feel persistend nausea in the morning and throughout the day, and actually throw up or come close to it if I eat any food. I usually have discomfort after eating.

When I wake up, my stomach just feels so unsettled, when I am lying down, but less so when I sit down. It has been waking me up in the middle of the night and very very early in the morning for a long time now.

The doctors have not been able to help me with this problem. I have tried breath tests, blood tests (one too many), and they just feel my stomach and give me expensive prescriptions for the same drugs - anti-acid drugs, which I am frankly sick of buying. They also conducted a breath test.

My main question is: What is it about an endoscopy that a blood test cannot detect? Do you think that this is my best option now?

I would like to request an endoscopy at the next trip to the doctors. I believe it is very necessary to find out just what is causing this - it could be a lesion (forgive me if the terminology is wrong) or SOMETHING that is persistently causing all this irritation and nausea that blood rests cannot detect?

I just don't know what to do anymore, as this is unbearable. I am literally having to struggle against myself to get food down my stomach so that I do not lose weight.

Any other suggestions will be very welcome. Thankyou guys.

 

[tex2007]

Endoscopy will actually look into esophagus and stomach for abnormalities.
You'll need this in order to proceed with treatment.

 

[rosebloom]

I think an endoscopy is a good option, particularly if the first round of treatment did not bring you relief. You may have reflux or an ulcer (lesion as you say) or a nuraber of other problems, like gallbladder, etc.

Ask your doctor to refer you to a GI specialist for an edoscopy. They can gather much information from this procedure and provide you with peace of mind.

 

[taiwanguy]

You are suffering from a form of Dyspepsia.
Before you go for endoscopy , i suggest you try this.
Start drinking 8 glasses of pure water per day, no caffeine, no sugary stuff , no alcohol at all but only pure water with somes salt preferably unrefined sea salt. one pinch for each glass of water or ( 3 grams for 10 glasses.)

Drink one or two glasses of water 30-60 min before meals and then 1 to 2 hrs after meal. do not drink during meals.

Find a good probiotic supplement and take it on daily basis , drink some peppermint tea with some fennel seeRAB and ginger in it once or twice a day.
Take control of your stomach issue now otherwise these problems will take control of your forever.
try this and i am sure you will be fine.