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What Causes Burning Sensation In The Stomach?
IHAD BURNING IN MY STOMACH THAT WAS THE WHOLE STOMACH. I TOOK 2 TEASPOONS OF Mylanta WHICH HAS REDUCED IT GREATLY. I M CONCERNED THOUGH THAT THIS IS A POSSIBLY SERIOUS SIDEE EFFECT OF pREVNAR 13 WHICH WAS INJECTED JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. SHOULD I JUST BE WATCHFUL AND WAIT OR GO TO THE ER? YYYY@YYYY
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,
Stomach burning is a commonest symptom seen nowadays.
The causes could be excess stomach acid or acute gastritis, gastroenteritis,gastric ulcer or drug induced (likely to be in your case).
Here,i would advice you to wait for at least 12 to 24 hours for the symptoms to get subsided and if not then you shoud undergo routine blood investigations and H.pylori,liver function tests,urinalysis and stool for blood,abdominal ultrasound to detect the underlying cause.
Treatment is mainly depend on the cause but you may take symptomatic treatment meanwhile.
Antacids like h2 blockers (ranitidine) or proton pump inhibitors (pantoprazole or rabeprazole) will help to reduce excess acid production in stomach.
You can also take digene gel or liquid or ulcero-protective agents like sucralfate or bismuth subsallicylate to reduce the burning sensation.
Regards,
Welcome to health care magic,
Stomach burning is a commonest symptom seen nowadays.
The causes could be excess stomach acid or acute gastritis, gastroenteritis,gastric ulcer or drug induced (likely to be in your case).
Here,i would advice you to wait for at least 12 to 24 hours for the symptoms to get subsided and if not then you shoud undergo routine blood investigations and H.pylori,liver function tests,urinalysis and stool for blood,abdominal ultrasound to detect the underlying cause.
Treatment is mainly depend on the cause but you may take symptomatic treatment meanwhile.
Antacids like h2 blockers (ranitidine) or proton pump inhibitors (pantoprazole or rabeprazole) will help to reduce excess acid production in stomach.
You can also take digene gel or liquid or ulcero-protective agents like sucralfate or bismuth subsallicylate to reduce the burning sensation.
Regards,
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