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Originally Posted by ericgtr
For the last several years I have had a problem with my stomach, I sometimes get severe stomach aches that usually happen at night after I've eaten. I also seem to have an intolerance to fatty foods. This combined with a lot of tension behind my sternum was cause enough to go see the Dr.
They ran a full blood workup and did an ultrasound, all my results came back with no problems, other than my cholesterol is a little high but nothing to really worry about my dr said.
I was pretty convinced that I had gallstones because these seem like classic symptoms but I am also a thin male, which my dr said doesn't really fit that bill.
So he's perscribed me some perscription based and acid, he thinks it could either be acid reflux or a small ulcer. Anyway just thought I would share the good news that nothing is really wrong, when they did the ultrasound I saw a bunch of big ass black spots and was sure they were cancer or something!
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Acid reflux is nothing to take lightly. I don't know what kind of insurance you have, or whether this doc is a general practice or a gastroenterologist.
The correct procedure is not ultrasound but esophogoscopy. This is an endoscopic examination of the esophogus, under conscious sedation (demorol and atavan.)
They can visualize the lower esophogus where it joins with the stomach, they can diagnose ulcers and detect Barrett's esophogus. Barretts is a pre-cancerous condition resulting from reflux. They generally biopsy this tissue.
I know all of this from personal experience -- it's not an uncommon condition.
If your doc didn't mention the endoscopy, I would ask for a referral to a gastroenterologist.