Indigestion

[Naetha]

Is indigestion like hangovers - i.e. gets worse with age?

I never had indigestion until about six months ago, and since then I've had it a few times and it's been absolutely horrendous - keeping me awake for hours on end and not responding at all to indigestion tablets. Feels like someone has got my stomach, twisted it round and plaited it in between my ribs.

Case in point - last night woke up at 1am with bad indigestion - took 2 rennie. 30 minutes later got worse, took 4 rennie. 30 minutes later, even worse, took 4 rennie and a zantac. In the end I was in so much pain that I burst a couple of blood vessels and gave myself a right scare.

It's now midnight one day later, and I feel the indigestion coming on again - 2 rennie so far, no effect (run out of zantac ) Haven't eaten anything since 7pm (half a pizza).

Am I just making a meal of this (excuse the pun) - does everyone get indigestion like this after a certain age?

 

[Bugz]

My dad use to get terrible indigestion/heart-burn after eating, the problem with him was he had burnt the inside of his gullet (or somewhere - the place escapes me).

Does it happen after eating hot/spicy food? Or does it occur with any types of food etc.?

More information is defiently needed.

& to defend you from hospital-blabble, I will cast the almighty 'fuck off tris'

 

[Naetha]

Not specifically after hot or spicy food - I did have a curry last night (at about 7pm, so a good 6 hours before indigestion come on) but I also eat a good few curries a week, and when I've had indigestion before it hasn't always been after a curry.

I probably do eat more curry than is actually good for me (4 times this week now )

And btw I'm not seeking medical advice, I'm just asking for other peoples' experiences etc

 

[Nate]

Are you sitting while eating and after eating? If your running around it's not good for digestion.

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

Go to the doctor.... Perhaps it's a stomach-ulser, perhaps it's just a food allergy you've developed recently. Anyway, the doc will provide you with much better info than the goofs here can

 

[Naetha]

Are you sitting while eating and after eating? If your running around it's not good for digestion.

I don't "do" running

Thanks for the advice - gonna bring it up with doctor next week.

 

[Sparda]

it could be the fact your lying down. Sometimes, with age, the valve that stops the contents of the stomac coming out when you lay down, or go upside down ect, gets a bit lax and starts to leak.
Dunno how to fix it though

 

[Solo]

Maybe try some gaviscon they are ment to be quite good.

 

[Adrianicus]

I used to get it bad like you.

And thought it was indigestion but I had an ultrasound which showed I have a 5cm gall stone.

So I was actually having gall stone attacks.

When you see your doctor ask him about the possibilty of a gall stone. He may ask if you have other symptoms but I didnt have all the common ones associated with a gall stone problems, just infrequent incredible sort of heartburn attacks. Ask for an ultra sound scan. Harmless and will rule out the gall stone problem if none show.

Hope you get to the bottom of it...

 

[Adrianicus]

Sparda had a good point.

One thing that wouldnt hurt is to raise your bed up. Put a phone book under each leg at your head end so your raising the top half of body.

Wont hurt and might help with acid reflux, if that is the problem.

 

[Vladamir]

Binge & Purge imo

 

[Gibbo]

My dad use to get terrible indigestion/heart-burn after eating, the problem with him was he had burnt the inside of his gullet (or somewhere - the place escapes me).

Does it happen after eating hot/spicy food? Or does it occur with any types of food etc.?

More information is defiently needed.

& to defend you from hospital-blabble, I will cast the almighty 'fuck off tris'

It's call the Oesophagus, its where all the food you eat goes down. You have a flappy bit above the stomach that opens when you eat and closes when you are not to prevent food and acid from the stomach from re-entering it. If this is damaged then it can remain open allowing this nasty stuff to to come up. Because the Oesophagus has no protection to the acid from your stomach it causes burning in the chest area.

I have had heartburn since my teens, and now I am in my late 30's I am on pills to control it but I still get it and it does get worse to the point that I have spent a night in hospital with it. The bad thing is, because it is your heart area that is burning it can feel like it is your heart that is going, when in fact it isn't. It has stopped me in my tracks though when walking to the point where I have had to stop and sit down because I couldn't breathe, which is another nice side effect.

I haven't pinpointed any foods that cause it for me, it just seems to be combination of stuff although I try to stay away from anything that has been processed and try and just eat fresh stuff only. If I don't eat, i.e. I am late eating lunch at work, then I start to feel ill also.

 

[cHodAX]

Sounds very much like an ulcer and you will need some proper medication for it. Rennie and Zantac are very mild, you may need something much stronger like Losec. My mum has had to take Losec for years as she has an inoperable ulcer.

 

[MaCaBr3]

For me it's seems that by the years, I got used to hangovers so I learned what to expect when I do have one.
The first times I was drunk were horrible, head ache, vommiting, feeling sick the whole freaking day, feeling drunk the day after etc.

Nowadays when I try to drink allot of water BEFORE I go to bed and when I still feel sick I just drink some more water and try to eat something. I don't feel super, but atleast I don't feel bad and sick.

 

[Naetha]

For me it's seems that by the years, I got used to hangovers so I learned what to expect when I do have one.
The first times I was drunk were horrible, head ache, vommiting, feeling sick the whole freaking day, feeling drunk the day after etc.

Nowadays when I try to drink allot of water BEFORE I go to bed and when I still feel sick I just drink some more water and try to eat something. I don't feel super, but atleast I don't feel bad and sick.

I've got used to hangovers - drink a pint of water/squash before I go to bed and take a vitamin pill

Also, not drinking as much (I rarely drink more than 8 units on a night equivalent of 4 pints) or not drinking alcohol at all, and taking legal pills/smoking something gives much less of a hangover

 

[Yeke]

Most things covered already but also could be IBS your doctor should test you for all of the things people have mentioned before arriving at the IBS diagnosis though, unfortunatly the tests are fairly "uncomfortable" and sometimes things that are prescribed to restrict acid can make you feel worse if it is indeed IBS also the tests can take a long time to be done.

I waited a year for the various test's to be completed in which time I was prescribed various antacids none of which seemed to help it was only after all the tests came back and I was diagnosed with IBS I stopped taking them and within a day or two felt like 75% better

*edit I'd cut out or at least try to cut down on the curries as that wont be helping whatever it is :s
also as someone else mentioned processed foods are really bad for these types of condition.

 

[tris-]

& to defend you from hospital-blabble, I will cast the almighty 'fuck off tris'

actually id suggest a GP or the chemist rather than hospital.

so fuck you

 

[Ezteq]

my bf used to have this really bad acid reflux problem one night it was awful i was working nights and it was my night off so i was up chatting on msn and all of a sudden i hear this god awful noise from the bedroom so i ran in there (was a real like aaarrrgh run too lol knocked a chair over and everything) and my bf is sat on the end of the bed kind of gasping and turning blue so i get him some water and smack him on the back... he does this huge burp and bingo he's ok rofl he was saying that he really couldnt breathe until i burped him!

anyway that was really scarey and he had woken up a few times before that making that horrible gasping sound people do when they get acid coming up in their sleep, so he stopped eating late and did a bit of a change of diet and he hasnt had it for aaages now, tbh if your having any sort of poblem with digestion it might be an idea to look up on thenet about diets that will help it or you could ask the dr if you can see a dietition but they rarely will unless your obese or something.

anyhoo hope you feel better soon and just try cutting out eating after 7pm (or if yu reaaally have to just have something really bland and light) for a while and see if this helps?

and if you need burping just gimme a shout and ill fire up the burp mobile

 

[yaruar]

Sounds very much like an ulcer and you will need some proper medication for it. Rennie and Zantac are very mild, you may need something much stronger like Losec. My mum has had to take Losec for years as she has an inoperable ulcer.

Most ulcers are treatable with antibiotics though as they found out a couple od years ago that stomach ulcers are caused by a form of bacteria.

 

[Case]

Quick update looks like Gallstones maybe, had to rush her to casualty last night she`s still in now on morphine to control the pain. Had to leave her there to get some sleep for work :/

 

[Adrianicus]

Ooer

Hope they sort it out and she gets better!

 

[cHodAX]

Quick update looks like Gallstones maybe, had to rush her to casualty last night she`s still in now on morphine to control the pain. Had to leave her there to get some sleep for work :/

Had a little gallstone trouble myself last year, bloody horrible pain for about an hour and it really does incapacitate you till it goes because the pain is so localised and intense. Hope she is feeling better soon bud.

 

[tris-]

Quick update looks like Gallstones maybe, had to rush her to casualty last night she`s still in now on morphine to control the pain. Had to leave her there to get some sleep for work :/

if only shed listen to FH. she'd be at home seeing it through, using magical cures from the 1870s that someones mother told them.

 

[Porkbelly]

i live on rennies every day , i never used to get it that bad until i hit 30 so i guess it does com with age ...

 

[cHodAX]

i live on rennies every day , i never used to get it that bad until i hit 30 so i guess it does com with age ...

Same here bud, since I have been on this low fat low salt diet because of my blood pressure it has pretty much disappeared. I had never had indigestion in my life until about 6 months after my 30th birthday and until recently I had been plauged by it.

 

[Serbitar]

if indigestion tablets aren't having any affect then i would have a wild stab in the dark and say its probably not indigestion.

I initially put my abdominal pains down to indigestion and otehr such things and ended up having a kidney taken out

 

[Serbitar]

Quick update looks like Gallstones maybe, had to rush her to casualty last night she`s still in now on morphine to control the pain. Had to leave her there to get some sleep for work :/

hurrah - morphine roxor

 

[Naetha]

Yay I'm back!

Just had 3 days in hospital, the first of which was spent in absolute agony - took 4 shots of morphine to make the pain bearable.

Gall bladder had swollen up like a rugby ball and is chock full of little rocks, so they're going to have to take it out. Operation will be in about 8 weeks.

Still in quite a lot of pain but at least I'm out of that MRSA-ridden place If I hadn't been given treatment when I had, there's a chance my gallbladder could have ruptured and exploded

Worst thing is, I'm not allowed to eat any fat until I have the op, so I'm going to be living on a diet of skimmed milk and bran flakes, and pureed veg

Moral of this story - if it hurts a lot and rennie doesn't work, then there's probably something quite seriously wrong

 

[Ezteq]

omg naeth!! bloody hell serious stuff eh? well im really glad they got it in time so sorry your in pain though hun you take care of yourself, i got a nasty chill when i read about this, i really hope they get you mended and better than new soon

/hughug

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

omg naeth!! bloody hell serious stuff eh? well im really glad they got it in time so sorry your in pain though hun you take care of yourself, i got a nasty chill when i read about this, i really hope they get you mended and better than new soon

/hughug

Heh, was just about to post thesame, so I'll just reply with:

Ditto!

get well soon Naetha