What Causes Acid Reflux And Body Pain In An Elderly Person With Hypertension And Hyperthyroidism?

Posted on Wed, 2 Dec 2015

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Question : Hi, my mom(60 yrs) has hyperthyroid, hypertension and cholesterol problem and taking medicine thyonorm 100 mg, olmitor ch 20, turbovas (75+10). She also diagnosed Fatty liver and gold blodr stones (Silent til now). Now during few weeks she is suffering from hyper acidity, body pain, gas an weakness. Recently her tdh is diagnosed 14.6 Please suggest what is wrong?

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Gastritis

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

From the history you have given it looks like your mother is suffering from gastritis. It might not be related to any of the conditions you have mentioned.
Gall stones often leads to infection of the gall bladder, here the patients suffer from predominantly abdominal pain, gaseous distention of the stomach and vomiting. At times they can also develop jaundice.

Here is how you should go about it

1. I recommend you to continue to current drugs she is on.
2. Her TSH is high, it will require dose adjustment of Thyronorm. Pleas speak to your doctor regarding this
3. For hyperacidity and gaseous distention of abdomen, I recommend Tab Pantoprazole with domperidone once a day before food.
4. Avoid milk and milk products
5. I recommend smaller meals per day rather than three large meals. These small meals should be taken once every 3-4 hours
6. Avoid food rich in fat

If the symptoms do not improve then please take her to your physician for blood tests and ultrasound of the abdomen

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

Regards

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