Weeks of stomach pain after SOME chicken.
Discussion
So I have seen a doctor and trawled the internet with no luck and now I seek sage advice from Pistonheads:
A few hours (6 or so) after eating chicken on SOME occasions (perhaps once a year/18 months) I get crippling stomach cramps which comes in waves, it will wake me up at night and I will sweat from the pain which is centred at the bottom of my sternum. It ONLY happens after eating chicken and eating will make it disappear in minutes but only for a while. I don't believe it is food poisoning related as eating makes it stop and it will then go on for a week or two before subsiding. There is no D or V but it feels like either would help!
Dr suggested anti-acid medication which did not touch it.
NSAIDs do not touch it.
I thought H. pylori but why the chicken relationship?
Yes, I know - I could avoid chicken but I'd rather know the cause and fix it!
Any thoughts?
A few hours (6 or so) after eating chicken on SOME occasions (perhaps once a year/18 months) I get crippling stomach cramps which comes in waves, it will wake me up at night and I will sweat from the pain which is centred at the bottom of my sternum. It ONLY happens after eating chicken and eating will make it disappear in minutes but only for a while. I don't believe it is food poisoning related as eating makes it stop and it will then go on for a week or two before subsiding. There is no D or V but it feels like either would help!
Dr suggested anti-acid medication which did not touch it.
NSAIDs do not touch it.
I thought H. pylori but why the chicken relationship?
Yes, I know - I could avoid chicken but I'd rather know the cause and fix it!
Any thoughts?
I thought I had food poisoning way back in July from some raw fish - many months later ie now, it is now diagnosed as chronic pancreatitis, oesophagitis, lesions in the stomach, in effect , my insides are shot to pieces.
I'd suggest you ask your GP for blood tests ( ESR was the one that caused the concern for me) - I also had to provide stool and urine tests too - ask for these as well if they're not automatically given.
Sooner the cause is found, the sooner you can be fixed.
I'd suggest you ask your GP for blood tests ( ESR was the one that caused the concern for me) - I also had to provide stool and urine tests too - ask for these as well if they're not automatically given.
Sooner the cause is found, the sooner you can be fixed.
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