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Reason For Pain Epigastric Pain?

I have a query about epigastric disease,just got out from the hospital today and my doctor said I got a epigastric pain,i stayed for 2 nights just observing me by giving me clear diet and soft diet and my pain stopped, so he sent me home with a medication good for 2 weeks and when its finished I have to see him.the medicine called APO OMEPRAZOLE. do I have to have an endoscopy to be sure what I got..
Fri, 27 Jun 2014
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Absolutely yes, Upper GI endoscopy must be done as also the ultrasonography to confirm the exact diagnosis.
This will surely help a proper treatment too.
Continue the medicines , your Doctor would add more as per the findings.
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Reason For Pain Epigastric Pain?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Absolutely yes, Upper GI endoscopy must be done as also the ultrasonography to confirm the exact diagnosis. This will surely help a proper treatment too. Continue the medicines , your Doctor would add more as per the findings.