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What Causes Excessive Abdominal Bloating And Flatulence?

I have been experiencing severe gas, belching, and flatulence. The belching tastes and smells of rotten eggs. The gas is so severe that I have to sleep sitting up. It is accompanied by a burning sensation below my diaphragm, diarrhea, and occasionally vomiting. Prilosec helps occasionally. It doesn t matter what I eat, or drink, it seems the older I get the more things cause this to happen. I am at my wits end, and have seriously considered not eating. The doctors in my area have been useless, and only suggest different antacids, most of which seem to only make me vomit and feel worse than I did to begin with. Added note, I do not have a gallbladder.
Thu, 20 Dec 2018
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Hello,

The lack of the gallbladder may cause the diarrhea and problems with indigestion but should not cause burping and the vomiting.

I would recommend you to have an upper endoscopy to check how the stomach mucosa is and to rule out gastritis or peptic ulcer disease and also identify any possible hiatal hernia and rule out stomach masses.

I hope I have answered to your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Antoneta Zotaj, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Excessive Abdominal Bloating And Flatulence?

Hello, The lack of the gallbladder may cause the diarrhea and problems with indigestion but should not cause burping and the vomiting. I would recommend you to have an upper endoscopy to check how the stomach mucosa is and to rule out gastritis or peptic ulcer disease and also identify any possible hiatal hernia and rule out stomach masses. I hope I have answered to your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Antoneta Zotaj, General & Family Physician