
What Causes Recurrent Stomach Pain Followed By Diarrhea And Left-sided Chest Pain?

Upper GI Endo, Ultrasound and some blood investigations.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query and an elucidate history.
Noted your history and concerns.
Since you have pains on and off for the last month having severe pain yesterday followed by diarrhea, increase in pain and radiation to the left chest and the back, temporary relief by taking oral antacid, you should seek a medical consultation and if possible to for further investigations.
Ultrasonography of the abdomen.
X-ray of the abdomen in standing position, followed by CT scan if there are positive findings.
Examination of the stool and blood.
Upper GI endoscopy.
EKG as there is a pain in the left side of the chest
This type of pain can occur in conditions like:
Gastric ulcer
Gastroenteritis with acute attack/exacerbation yesterday.
Chronic pancreatitis and there can be more than diseases existing together.
In spite of the insurance problem, it would wise to get these investigations done and to have a clinical evaluation, examination and investigations.
This will give you an early diagnosis to start with so that a proper treatment can be followed to get you symptomatic relief and so on.
Rest of the further investigations can wait till you get the insurance in action.
I hope this answer helps you, please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you need to or if you feel that there is a gap of communication.

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