I really don't know if I'm doing this right,but I thought I would give it a shot. Yesterday I ended up at the emergency room with bad stomach pains and found out that I have an ulcer. Any suggestions for what would be good to eat. I eat pretty clean all the time, right now the doc. says no spicy or acidy food and no advil or anything like that. Any ideas would be great.
Just found out that I have an ulcer
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Definitely stay away from the ibuprofen. I think the main cause of my ulcer was the prescription for Naproxen that I used for years for cramps.
My doctor prescribed some meds, but told me that a cheaper and just as effective otc solution for ulcers was Prilosec. I watched what I ate during the time on the drugs, but there's no way I could stay away from spicy Indian food. So, I still eat my vindaloo, and I've had no more occurrences, and that was few years ago.
Good luck!
ETA...oh, and I still try not to use ibuprofen on a regular basis. I had an achy arm a few months back and the pain reliever my doctor gave me had ibuprofen, so he gave me meds for my stomach to take at the same time.
My doctor prescribed some meds, but told me that a cheaper and just as effective otc solution for ulcers was Prilosec. I watched what I ate during the time on the drugs, but there's no way I could stay away from spicy Indian food. So, I still eat my vindaloo, and I've had no more occurrences, and that was few years ago.
Good luck!
ETA...oh, and I still try not to use ibuprofen on a regular basis. I had an achy arm a few months back and the pain reliever my doctor gave me had ibuprofen, so he gave me meds for my stomach to take at the same time.
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buffettgirl
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You may want to ask your doctor to order a test for a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori. The test is done on stool. The bacteria was found to be a common cause of gastric ulcers and is easily treated with antibiotics.
workoutaholic
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I had an upper endoscopy (don't remember if that's the medical term) a few years ago after having this weird eating thing since I was little (that I won't go into details about b/c it's kinda gross - involves feeling like food is stuck and won't go down). They found all kinds of scarring and acid damage and evidence of past/healed ulcers, and I tested positive for H. pylori that another poster mentioned. Turns out GERD was causing my eating problems.
I got on antibiotics and prevacid, and it's much much better, and I don't even take the medicine anymore. However, the Dr. gave me a little booklet that pretty much said to avoid acidic fruits (citrus, tomatoes), high fat meals, onions, peppermint, caffeine, acidic drinks like coffee (maybe soda, too), alcohol, you know, all the good stuff.
But I've found that some of these things aggravate it more than others for me, and I think everyone is different so you may be able to experiment with what you can and can't eat. I've also read about elevating your bed and not lying down for a while after eating, but I've also read a lot of disagreement on that.
I hope this next part doesn't sound too alarmist, but, and I need to take my own advice on this much better, take it seriously 'cause if you have chronic GERD, sometimes repeated damage can end up resulting in stomach cancer.
I got on antibiotics and prevacid, and it's much much better, and I don't even take the medicine anymore. However, the Dr. gave me a little booklet that pretty much said to avoid acidic fruits (citrus, tomatoes), high fat meals, onions, peppermint, caffeine, acidic drinks like coffee (maybe soda, too), alcohol, you know, all the good stuff.
But I've found that some of these things aggravate it more than others for me, and I think everyone is different so you may be able to experiment with what you can and can't eat. I've also read about elevating your bed and not lying down for a while after eating, but I've also read a lot of disagreement on that.
I hope this next part doesn't sound too alarmist, but, and I need to take my own advice on this much better, take it seriously 'cause if you have chronic GERD, sometimes repeated damage can end up resulting in stomach cancer.