jameswrx

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How long is acceptable to have it?

I've never suffered from it before but I'm on my 6th day of it without sign of it going. I have a dull pain all the time in my stomach and at the top (below the rib cage center I have a slightly sharper pain)

I did a google and it seems classic indegestion, which is strange as I've never felt bloated for more than a few hours after eating

Other thing is it's there all the time (read it's after eating) and occasionally I get a more severe twisting pain in the top of the stomach area (woke at 4 this morning like this) and it sort of spasms every so often.

I'm not overweight, my diet isn't the best but it never has been and I've never had this before. It hurts when I walk too.

Am I just getting old (28 ) and going to have to look forward to more of the same.

Incidentally indegestion relief tablets and liquid don't seem to do anything.

The Chief

Ok i've been through this.

Is the pain quite severe after eating a fatty meal just below the chest are ato your right hand side - if so could be gallstones mate in which case you might need an op - if so dont be worried i had it done and i feel great.

It also could be an ulcer get it checked out at the docs

The Chief

Do you get stomach acid a lot this could make the ulcer worse also do you smoke this does not help apparently.

Have you tried Gaviscon liquid????

The Chief

By the way after my op i can eat anything - its like a new lease of life for me.

all my tummy trouble i had were down to gallstones and now i'm cured

kebabs here i come again wooo hoooo

jameswrx

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Pain is there all the time regardless of whether eating or not, like I say it'll be just as bad in the middle of the night. It all came on since last saturday after eating the biggest steak of my life (and some trimmings) thing is like I say I've never had it before. Also I've been eating healthy and staying away from red meats for the past couple of days, but it's just as bad (if not getting worse).

I do get some sort of bubbling (which I presume is the acid?)

Have tried the gaviscon and I think it takes the sharper part of the pain away.

thanks for the reply

sarasquares

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i had to have a hernia op last year, that causes heart burn

fizzy drinks are good for indigestion

carl

Could be a hiatus hernia. If so, you either have to "keep taking the pills" or have an op (which is fairly risky with no guarantee of success).

Or you could have a stomach ulcer. They can test for this with a breath test (because it's caused by bacteria). If so they'll just give you some strong acid suppressants andsome antibiotics and you'll be OK.

jameswrx

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I read about that, it could be that as I have quite a hmm beer belly going on . Was thinking that this last huge meal could have quite easily pushed my stomach up into the old chest cavity

Apparition

Go see the doc. He/she is the only person who can really set you straight. What's that saying about "a little knowledge is dangerous?" Go , asap.
Yve

Jaydee5

That's not indigestion


A quick trip to your GP will get to the root of it though

Stop trying to diagnose yourself

Mark Kwiatkowski

Could be Irritable Bowel Syndrome but go to a GP and get them to check it out.

sarasquares

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you might even die

Deep Singh

More experts

James feel free to mail me for further advice. Obviously if things get suudenly worse see your GP/AE ASAP

Deep

J4CKO

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I had bad indegestion for ages, go told to lose weight, no boozing, no spicy foods, go to bed on an angle, yadda yadda yadda, tuned out to be Heliocobacter Pylori, a stomach bug that stimulates acid production, literally anything set me off, felt like crying sometimes, the pain was horrible, used to have to excuse myself in meetings, anyway, the doc gave me a several mega antibiotics and it cleared it up, now I only get indegestion if I eat **** and wash it down with lots of Stella, i.e. when I deserve it !

G00ner

Agreed, I get it badly every night just from a pint of water, only the doc knew why.

Can be as serious as a heart attack or as mild as indegestion, only the quack can really tell.

Turbohot

If your discomfort persists after 2 weeks,see your GP.Watch your food and drinks(try not to drink coffee,milk. drink limited amount of de-caff tea).loadsa water and Gaviscon(I think you have been taking it anyway) until then.
Hope you feel better soon mate.

leonpoole

LOL

Jap2Scrap

I suffer with it acutely from time to time but just recently had a less severe bout that lasted well over a week. Gaviscon, rennies, etc failed to shift it and I was ready to accept it was actually a heart attack or something! Then as a last resort I tried Rennie Deflatin, for trapped wind, and within half an hour I was cured.

Give them a try cos they're for trapped wind rather than acid indigestion.

john banks

http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/68/

...particularly section 7 the patient information bit.