Possible ulcer?

[dr0832]

4 days ago I developed a pain in my esophagus which occured 2-3 seconds after swallowing around my right pec area (opposite side that hearts on). Over the past few days the pain has got worse each day, and today I also have pain to the right of my armpit on my back at the same time, when I take a bite to eat or have a drink. I don't think something is caught in my esophagus, however I have been taking a lot of shit over the past few months, especially supps in pill form so I guess is could be possible. The only thing that I could think that cause this was 5 days ago I took an aleeve with water but did not eat, and the entire day my throat burned, but then it went away the next day, and a day later this pain started in my chest. I have been taking the follow supps and medicines. I am not sure if any of these could have caused this: daily I take 4mg Melatonin, 30mg zinc, 400mg magnesium, 300mg saw palmetto, 1000 mg milk thistle, 8g fish oil caps, 300-900mg ala, 300mg biotin, 1000mg Vitamin C, 1 multi vitamin, 1 acidophilus, sometime 1-2g L-Arginine, 10g creatine, and 20g glutamine. Also I have been taking Spectracef antibiotics for a month. I don't know if anyone else has experience this, but I thought I would make a post and see if someone has had a similar problem? I have been prescribed some shit for ulcers, although I don't even know if thas what I have. I am gonna have an exray soon, but I am scarred that maybe all these supps have really fucked me up big time.

 

[danielson]

whats an 'aleeve'? if the doc's seen u he's probably diagnosed you and given something....can you see what the name was of the meds

you're seeing the doc right (for the x-ray)? because he's the only one who'll be able to examine and test you....so i wouldn't not go and see him if its troubling you

why the antibiotics out of curiosity?

either way out of that list the only things I can see (others might spot something else) are the ALA and the fish oil as potential causes...ALA causes gastric irritation in high doses, fish oil has gven some people re-gurg symptoms

but u didnt say what character the pain had, i was assuming it was burning....is this correct?


it might not be those however, because oif the doses you were takng (nothing extra ordinary)

 

[dr0832]

burning yes. My fathers a doctor so he prescribed some medicine for ulcers. Also the antibiotics were for backne

 

[anthrax]

Up to nine out of ten ulcers are caused by a bacterial infection with Helicobacter pylori (a common bacterium) not by food

 

[dr0832]

well this is not a bacterial infection I am sure because I have been on some form of antibiotics for the last 9 months. Surprisingly last night I decided I really hadn't eatne very much food in 4 days because it hurt so bad, so I I decided to toughen up, and I went out and had some BBQ chicken, Corn Bread, Macaronni and cheese, and some pickles, (not very healthy) but anyway as I was eating the macaronni It felt like the pain started to go away. Today its feeling better. I don;'t know if something was stuck and the macarroni pushed it out, and now its just irriatated, or if the medicine I am takin is helping, but it feels a little better today.

 

[danielson]

wait till the tests (i.e. still go)...your particular antibiotic may not have been effective against the H.pylori....they will test for it if they see an ulcer with a specially labelled salt (urea)