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What Causes Chest And Upper Abdominal Discomfort, Flashes And Constipation?
I am experiencing chest and upper abdominal are discomfort, followed by hot flashes, ending with chills. Lately I started to have headaches, nausea, and constipation. Due to the chest discomfort a test was done that shows calcium in the aorta but i understood there is no heart attack symptom. Are these symptoms of perimenopause or something else?
Tue, 2 Aug 2016
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While the hot flashes can be from menopause, the other symptoms you mentioned sound more like either gastric acid reflux or an H pylori bacterial stomach infection.
I would screen you for H pylori and start you on Pepcid AC or Zantac. If the H pylori screen was positive, you'd need a course of two different antibiotics to clear that.
While the hot flashes can be from menopause, the other symptoms you mentioned sound more like either gastric acid reflux or an H pylori bacterial stomach infection.
I would screen you for H pylori and start you on Pepcid AC or Zantac. If the H pylori screen was positive, you'd need a course of two different antibiotics to clear that.
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