Hello,
I am a 55 yr old female with some acid issues. I take 20 mg of Omeprazole daily and have for many years. Just had an endoscopy which was pretty normal with some minor gastritis and removal of a benign polyp.
The past few days I have had major abdominal distention after eating to the point it looks freakish (like I'm 9 months pregnant!) The bloating is even painful, feeling "full" like it needs to pop. i thought perhaps I needed to do a good bowel movement, but have been quite irregular (going from healthy looking, long poops, to little mucousy drops of poop. There was even some traces of pinkish blood on the toilet paper when I wiped yesterday.) What is scaring me is this pain under the upper right side of my ribs. It has been there before (honestly for the past 1- 2 years) but ever so slight. It comes and goes, but no doctor has been able to tell me what it is (?) Now it is more painful and happening more often, especially at night when I am lying down. I have been having bouts of inflammation lately which result in some joint pain, but turmeric seems to help calm that. I just dont know if this is related to my pain and distention and weird bowl changes. (?) I am starting to get very worried. Please help with any insights/advice you may have.
Thank you kindly,
Worried mom