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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Bloating In The Upper Abdominal Area

Posted on Fri, 27 Jan 2017

Question: I am 80y old in good physical shape. I have type II diabetes but not on any medications. I am on BP medications, I take a statin and pradaxa for Afib. I also have a pacemaker. Lately I have persistent bloating in my upper abdomen with little or no pain and bowl function is normal. It is very ucomfortable.

Answered by Dr. Rahul Tawde (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
It is Acute gastritis

Detailed Answer:
Hello, Thank you for posting your question on Health Care Magic.
By the description of your symptoms and your reports of ultrasound it looks like all you have is Acute gastritis.
This is inflammation of the stomach wall which will not be visible on ultrasound .
Pradaxa is known to cause it ,however you definitely need to be on pradaxa due to A fib .
I would recommend you to take Tab Esmoperazole 40 mg daily before food for 10 days and see how you feel.
I would also like to know if you have any vomiting?
If you do have please update me about the colour of the vomitus and if you have any blood in that .
Hope this helps
Best wishes

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng

Follow up: Dr. Rahul Tawde (16 hours later)

no vomiting. I have been taking ranitidine and it seems to work for Gerd. Should I stop this and switch to Nexium?

Answered by Dr. Rahul Tawde (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes

Detailed Answer:
Hello again, the bloating you are having is a part of GERD . So it is better to switch to Esmoperazole (you may need a prescription from your local physician for this).

Hope this helps
Best wishes

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee