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What Is The Reason Of Severe Stomach Pain After Eating For A 65 Year Oldman?
my dad has been working since he was sixteen and is now 65 he has been complaining of stomach pain after eating and doesn t eat often because it makes him sick, yestersay at work he said everyone told him he was pale and he was, then he almost blacked out twice at work yesterday, when I came home from school yesterday my dad was sitting in his chair and his face was flushed, his hands were shaking, he kept bliking his eyes because the room was spinning, hew was real dizzy, his stomach was in pain, he got up twice and almost passed out both times ad became really dizzy, and had a headache, he also kept falling asleep, I don t know what these are symptoms of and i m very worried that it s serious and may even be deadly, my dad does drink a lot of coffee and i ve tried to get him to have less coffee but he can t stop drinking it! i ve tried to tell him many times to go to thhe doctor but he refues because of the expenses and because they can never find anything wrong with him. can u please tell what u think he has so I can help him.
Mon, 11 Jul 2016
Thank you for the query.
From the history that you have provided, your father is presently 65 yrs old, complaining of abdominal pain, dizziness and loss of consciousness. He is also addicted to coffee. I would like to know whether he has any other problems like high blood pressure or diabetes
He can have a problem of peptic ulcer disease (abdominal pain after eating).A patient with bleeding from any ulcer can present with symptoms that you have written. However, it is difficult to say without examining the patient. I would advise you get his hemoglobin levels and a 12 lead ECG done immediately and keep a check on is stool colour (black/maroon/red). His blood pressure and heart rate needs to monitored. He definitely, needs to reduce his coffee intake.
Any abnormality in Hemoglobin level or ECG needs to be dealt with accordingly. I would suggest you to consult a physician as soon as possible. Abdominal imaging like USG may be needed. To rule out any lesions in the stomach, an endoscopy may be needed.
Regards
Dr Ayusmati Thakur
From the history that you have provided, your father is presently 65 yrs old, complaining of abdominal pain, dizziness and loss of consciousness. He is also addicted to coffee. I would like to know whether he has any other problems like high blood pressure or diabetes
He can have a problem of peptic ulcer disease (abdominal pain after eating).A patient with bleeding from any ulcer can present with symptoms that you have written. However, it is difficult to say without examining the patient. I would advise you get his hemoglobin levels and a 12 lead ECG done immediately and keep a check on is stool colour (black/maroon/red). His blood pressure and heart rate needs to monitored. He definitely, needs to reduce his coffee intake.
Any abnormality in Hemoglobin level or ECG needs to be dealt with accordingly. I would suggest you to consult a physician as soon as possible. Abdominal imaging like USG may be needed. To rule out any lesions in the stomach, an endoscopy may be needed.
Regards
Dr Ayusmati Thakur
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