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Q: IBS and gastritis
asked by: DoctorQuestion on October 24th, 2009
I ate and slept right away and felt extreme pain in the middle of my chest in MAY of 2009, went to the doctor and he told me I should take Prilosec OTC. I did but it didn't seem like it was working. I then went back to the doctor and I took a blood test, the results came back and I had H.Pylori. The doctor then put me on Antibiotics and Nexium..and I felt better for about 2 days but I was experiencing a weird sensation in the left abdomen right under the left ribcage. It felt like something was there, I was also seeing loose yellowish stools / thin stools. The doctor said I should take more prilosec or nexium, which I did..But Wasn't feeling any better. I then went to a pharmacy and the pharmacist suggested I take probiotics for a month. I began to see some brown stools after 2 weeks of probiotics. It's now October and my stools vary from very long, to very loose. It would come out Solid but would get loose in the water. I also feel a slight pressure in the abdomen most of the time.


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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD
replied on October 26th, 2009
Digestive and Bowel Disorders Answer A7616
According to the data you provided (middle chest pain in May 2009, positive test for Hellicobacter pylori, taken antibiotic and probiotic treatment, stools vary from very long, to very loose), you might experiencing Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) that accompanied the gastritis (inflammation of the stomach). The gastritis is probably caused by the Helicobacter pylori which need to be treated with a certain therapy which you are already taking.


The nausea and the slight pressure in the abdomen might be related to IBS. There are many reasons for IBS.


You might want to visit a specialist in gastrointestinal disorders for a physical examination. A stool culture might be asked for in order to check for presence of bacteria and to detect the most effective antibiotic which would be able to treat the existing intestinal infection.




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