Hello,
I would like to give some tests:
1. Complete Blood test
2. Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis
3.
Rapid urease Test for H.pylori
4. Fasting gastrin levels on at least three separate occasions
5. Chest X-Ray
6.
Liver Function Test
Meanwhile, start your medication:
1.
Pantoprazole 40 mg orally 2 times a day before each meal.
2. Simethicone125 mg orally 3 times a day as needed after meals or at bedtime.
Follow the guidelines:
1. Eat a light diet. no oily/spicy food
2. Drink a lot of water, like 2-3 liters of water
3. Avoid gas causing foods like cabbage, broccoli, etc
4. No
smoking and no alcohol
5. Eating, sleeping at a fixed time of day
6. Avoid those foods which you identify as causing problems. Please notify if there is any pain like
abdominal pain or other symptoms like burning sensation in the chest.
Do the tests and post the results here in HCM. We have skilled doctors who can follow you up. Do not worry as you are under treatment already.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Dipan Samanta, General & Family Physician