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Which side, your right or left? If it's on the right, it could be your gall bladder. Does it happen after eating? If you want to get a fake confirmation, eat a high fat meal and see if the pain comes back.*
*I know this because I've had my gall bladder removed :)
That's one of the weird things about it. Sometimes it's worse when I eat and other times it feels better. But it always keeps coming back. It was so bad last night when I was laying down, so I would try to lie on my stomach and that would help a little but not much. I also feel pretty bloated.
The pain is in the very middle of my stomach like in between the very bottom of my ribs. I did eat chipotle last night though and I'm positive it made it worse.
I would stay away from anything spicy, alcohol, asprin, pop, etc. I don't know how much Zantac is going to help you. If the pain gets worse or more consistant, you may want to go in. If it is an ulcer, it could become a bleeding ulcer and cause more problems
Do you have any free or low cost clinics in the area? I would really try to go see someone. If it is an ulcer, I don't think that's something you can mess around with.
I have had a stomach ulcer before, and the pain was BAD. It felt like my stomach was on fire.
For the past week, I had the similar symptoms to what you described, and I went to my doctor to see if it was a mild ulcer and he said it was gastritis (spelling?). The discomfort was up higher than my stomach (more like between right below the underwire part of my bra, if this makes sense, and the bottom of my ribs), and on both sides.
I took some Zantac and avoided alcohol, caffeine and spicy food, which really sucked. But, it seems to have gone away.
I had something similiar and they told me I had acid reflux/gerd. At first my doctor told me to take priolsec twice a day till things cleared up once they did she told me once a day. I did some research and Acid Reflux/Gerd can be affected by that time of the month. So I know it will flare up once a month for me.
@gabrielleelise1981 that is good to hear. I am definitely going to try the same remedy that you mentioned and see if that helps.
Miss Chirpie - so sorry this is happening to you. I haven't, but I do check all my symptoms on webmd.com on their symptom checker. They'll ask you questions to give you a list of possibilities as well as information on treatment, symptoms, etc. I'm a bit of a hypochondriac so I self diagnose all the time. I also check on Wikipedia if I know what it is that I have (or possibly have). Feel better!!
I have problems with ulcers from abusing ibuprofen last summer on some jaw pain I had. The pain I described to him was a "twisting, full feeling under my ribs/stomach area". Edit: Gnawing perfectly describes the pain, I wish I'd used that instead haha! One day it had me on the floor crying in pain... I had a blood test to confirm & he sent me away with like 20 packages of free samples (score!). During a flare up I was instructed to take a pill a day for a week... and to be careful what I eat. I was also encourage to start taking Tylenol Arthritis if I needed some sort of pain relief. Tylenol Arthritis is gentle on the stomach & won't cause any flare ups.
I live in Canada, so I don't know how it works in the US, but if you went to a clinic- couldn't you claim hardship & ask for free samples?
If that doesn't help and you still have issues, I'm with Miss Ribbons - it might be a gallbladder issue. My brother had gallstones and whenever he ate spicy foods or drank or anything like that, he would have a gallbladder attack. He ended up having to have it removed.
I hope this isn't your issue, but if the pain gets worse, you should really see a doctor...insurance or not.
I just got diagnosed with a stomach ulcer yesterday. You NEED to go to the dr... if its a bacteria it'll get worse & could eat a hole in your stomach!! I haven't been to the dr for years for anything, but I did for this, I was in a lot of pain & I don't think I was in as much pain as you sound. Try PRILOSEC you can get it at walmart... a box of 14 for $10. The box says its for heartburn, but WOW did it help me fel better! Do NOT take aspirin, ibprophen, tylonol, any of those types of pain killers. Alka-Selzer should be fine thou.
You might have pancreatitis, they said that was painful & could be life-threatening. You could have other things that are worse :(. Have you been extra stressed recently?
Try a low cost clinic, like a walk thru... my appt only cost around $75 & that included them drawing blood. To me, that's a lot... but if I woulda waited it could cost $1000s for surgery. I'm so sorry :(.
I hope it works MissChirpie!
LOL @lace – I’ve had to ban myself from WebMD. 2 summers ago I got this weird looking (what turned out to be a bruise) pattern on my thigh, and b/c it was very weird looking and didn’t go away in a week or so, I went to WebMD to investigate. After checking my symptoms and pictures, I convinced myself it was MRSA and called my doctor crying!! LOL when I got there (he saw me immediately) he was like “ummm, these are plain old bruises G”. I’ve been banned from that website ever since!
I get stomach ulcers from stress, but mine are always accompanied by acid reflux and sharp pains in my back. And yes, it does feel like my stomach is on fire. I have always just taken Nexium, but Prilosec is pretty much the same thing and OTC. I would try it ASAP. And if it gets worse in the next few days, I would head to a doctor.
I have the same pain... but no ulcer (they did the camera in the belly thing), just lots of reflux. Nexium and gaviscon or alka seltzer gold (no aspirin in it) does the trick for me (tums make it worse!). Feel better!
Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I'v been taking Zantec twice a day for the last few days, and I feel great. I even drank some wine last night and no pains whatsoever!
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I think I may have a stomach ulcer, but I can't go to the doctor because I don't have insurance. A few days ago, I had this stabbing pain in the soft stomach area right between my ribs. It would be really intense, then subside. Now it almost feels like a gnawing, intense hunger pain. It literally kept me up all night last night. My guess is that it is an ulcer, but I don't know for sure. I'm going to start taking zantec and stop drinking alcohol and eating spicy foods. If anyone has any experience with this or any suggestions, I would love to hear them!