Question: Hi. I got this upper abdominal pain which was almost constant. Was diagnosed with gastritis 8 years ago but it healed in month and symptoms didnt return till now. Went to GP, he prescribed me Nexium 40 mg for month. Pain was still here and other symptoms appeared as well, shortness of breath, belching, bloating, loss of appetite, weight loss, weakness, sore throat, cough at night. Went to gastroenterologist and did EGD. Diagnosed with GERD due to insufficient gastric cardia and chronic gastritis. Told to finish Nexium therapy of 40 mg and then start 20 mg for 2 weeks. Despite taking nexium, pain was still here. After finishing therapy, my appetite came back and i started eating more but after every meal there is always belching. Also, i lost 12 pounds during 2 months. Now the pain is constant but not so intense. Still have nausea in the morning, shortness of breath and weakness. I become depressed with all of these because i dont even wanna go out anymore with this pain. Also, found lump under jaw and GP told me that i have inflamed throat so i got antibiotics. On second day of antibiotics, my stomach got really upset, i could feel discomfort in my lower abdomen for the first time, stomach started making noises and got really upsetting nausea and increased bowel movement. So i wander, can this healing with gastritis take this long and could antibiotics be the cause of worsening of my symptoms?

I had stool antigen test for H.pylori and it was negative. Also had blood test and fasting glucose level was in normal range (4.4mmol/L). Also did complete blood count and iron test and everything normal so no signs of anemia.