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Q: Digestive pain and menopause ?

asked by: DoctorQuestion on March 26th, 2009

I am 37 years old and about 6 weeks ago had to go to the doctors with stomach pains triggered by taking Ibuprofen for a week due to pain from dental treatment!!
The doctor prescribed me Omeprazole for 2 weeks thinking it could be ulcer symptoms or Helicobacter Pylori, within 2 days I began experiencing a sensation that I had food clogged in my gullett, I told the Doc and he said to carry on & that it was acid pushing up(never felt acid indegestion nor heart burn)!! It carried on so he prescribed stomach relaxents-at this point I had enough & stopped taking them.He made me feel a bit of a nuisance.

For the last few weeks it's still here, but I've began to have palpatations which I find scarey and upsetting and the odd hot flush-to which my partner BRAVELY suggested he thought I may be in early menopause!!!!! After taking a test from Boots to prove him wrong of course-It came back POSITIVE.
Is it normal to have the digestive problem with menopause?

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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD

replied on March 26th, 2009

Menopause Answer A6142

Palpitations, irritability and anxiety are all symptoms of menopause. The strange feeling of having food clogged might be due to increased irritability. Since it is only subjective symptom, you might want to visit a specialist for upper gastrointestinal tract to have him examine you. Some visualization methods (gastroscopy) might be recommended to rule out stomach health issues.
However, the combination of the symptoms you report is highly indicative for menopause. You might want to visit your gynecologist for another test. Meanwhile, taking some over-the-counter products that contain phytohormones might be helpful.

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