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Suggest Treatment For Severe Gastric Pain
Had endoscopy b/c of severe gastric pain on Tues. Did not have much BM yesterday b/c of not much water/food on Tues. Today BMs back to normal amount. However, last BM (3rd) one today had some darker brown stool and some strings of burgundy colored blood once I cut them open and looked closer. Dr. denies it can be from biopsies, but I disagree. Any ideas? And, now have cough for frw hours after eating. Thankfully, no fever or elevation praise God.
Thu, 23 Apr 2015
Welcome to HealthCare Magic. Thank you for posting your query.
I can understand your concern.
It would have been great had I examined you on my own.
The dark brown stool is probably not a result of the biopsy during the upper GI endoscopy. You could be having ulcers in the colon or inflammatory bowel disease .
Do not worry.
I would suggest you to
- Drink loads of water
- Avoid oily,spicy food
- Have a diet rich in fibres
- I would start tablet Pantoprazole . Your doctor can guide on the exact dosage
- I would also start syrup Lactulose to soften your stool
- Get a blood haemoglobin , total count , ESR done - to look at the amount of blood loss.
- I would also start Tablet Tranexamic acid as and when there is excessive bleeding.
- Avoid straining during stool
- Get a colonoscopy done to help in the diagnosis
I would also suggest you to visit a physician . He/she can examine you and correlate clinically.
Hope this helps.
Write back to us.
Have a nice day.
Regards.
Dr. Goswami
I can understand your concern.
It would have been great had I examined you on my own.
The dark brown stool is probably not a result of the biopsy during the upper GI endoscopy. You could be having ulcers in the colon or inflammatory bowel disease .
Do not worry.
I would suggest you to
- Drink loads of water
- Avoid oily,spicy food
- Have a diet rich in fibres
- I would start tablet Pantoprazole . Your doctor can guide on the exact dosage
- I would also start syrup Lactulose to soften your stool
- Get a blood haemoglobin , total count , ESR done - to look at the amount of blood loss.
- I would also start Tablet Tranexamic acid as and when there is excessive bleeding.
- Avoid straining during stool
- Get a colonoscopy done to help in the diagnosis
I would also suggest you to visit a physician . He/she can examine you and correlate clinically.
Hope this helps.
Write back to us.
Have a nice day.
Regards.
Dr. Goswami
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