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Suggest Treatment For Cramps In Upper Abdomen

I am a 19 year old female. 5'2, 115 lb. Today before I ate anything, at about 1230, I started to get moderate cramps in my upper abdomen (it feels like my diaphragm). The pain comes and goes pretty regularly. I went to the bathroom, ate, and drank but nothing has helped. It seemed to get worse while walking and stretching/ moving my abdomen.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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the abdominal pain could be due to acute gastritis.symptoms - heartburn/retching/dypepsia,pain abdomen.If you have had irregular eating habits,intake of more spicy food,junk food with less fibre contents,more of salted items etc ,you may get these symptoms.
dietary modification, regular eating habits and medicines like ranitidine 150mg thrice daily or pantoprazole 40 mg once daily half an hour before food will help.If still the pain persists, it is advisable to undergo Endoscopy to rule out any ulcers . You may also get these kind of pain in right side of abdomen in case of gall stones.the pain there will radiate to your shoulder.You may under go an ultrasound abdomen to rule out the case if severe.
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Suggest Treatment For Cramps In Upper Abdomen

the abdominal pain could be due to acute gastritis.symptoms - heartburn/retching/dypepsia,pain abdomen.If you have had irregular eating habits,intake of more spicy food,junk food with less fibre contents,more of salted items etc ,you may get these symptoms. dietary modification, regular eating habits and medicines like ranitidine 150mg thrice daily or pantoprazole 40 mg once daily half an hour before food will help.If still the pain persists, it is advisable to undergo Endoscopy to rule out any ulcers . You may also get these kind of pain in right side of abdomen in case of gall stones.the pain there will radiate to your shoulder.You may under go an ultrasound abdomen to rule out the case if severe.