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Abdominal Pain And Not Able To Eat Anything, Weight Loss, Vomiting. Reason And Suggestion?
Hello Dr Samuel
, my name is Ruth and I just came back from visiting a friend he has been having problems digesting the food he eats. first of all about a month ago he started having abdominal pain and not able to eat as he used to. then as the days went by he started loosing weight and it would take some time to digest the food..but about a week ago hes been throwing up most of the food he eats..what can be the cause and what do you recomend for him to do?
Thank you Dr.
, my name is Ruth and I just came back from visiting a friend he has been having problems digesting the food he eats. first of all about a month ago he started having abdominal pain and not able to eat as he used to. then as the days went by he started loosing weight and it would take some time to digest the food..but about a week ago hes been throwing up most of the food he eats..what can be the cause and what do you recomend for him to do?
Thank you Dr.
Wed, 14 Aug 2013
Hello,
Welcome to Healthcaremagic.
From your query, i suspect he may have Gastric outlet obstruction or peptic ulcer.
In gastric outlet obstruction, Food can not pass through intestine from stomach due to obstruction.
This results in accumulation of food in stomach and lead to recurernt vomitting and abdominal pain.
Chronically it ends in loss of weight.
There are many causes for gastric outlet obstruction. Some are Chronic peptic ulcer disease, gastric polyps and gastric cancer.
It is essential to do an upper GI endoscopy to find the cause.
Also do H.Pylori test.
If it is a peptic ulcer disease with H.Pylori, antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors like pantoprazole are the treatment.
If it is found to be a polyp or cancer, it either need removal or chemo and radiotherapy. Depends upon the position and involvement and extent, treatment vary.
Kindly consult a Gastroenterologist.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
Regards,
Dr.Manjeth.
Welcome to Healthcaremagic.
From your query, i suspect he may have Gastric outlet obstruction or peptic ulcer.
In gastric outlet obstruction, Food can not pass through intestine from stomach due to obstruction.
This results in accumulation of food in stomach and lead to recurernt vomitting and abdominal pain.
Chronically it ends in loss of weight.
There are many causes for gastric outlet obstruction. Some are Chronic peptic ulcer disease, gastric polyps and gastric cancer.
It is essential to do an upper GI endoscopy to find the cause.
Also do H.Pylori test.
If it is a peptic ulcer disease with H.Pylori, antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors like pantoprazole are the treatment.
If it is found to be a polyp or cancer, it either need removal or chemo and radiotherapy. Depends upon the position and involvement and extent, treatment vary.
Kindly consult a Gastroenterologist.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
Regards,
Dr.Manjeth.
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