I think I have Stomach Ulcer Symptoms

The pain feels something like this!

Lately, I have been woken up in the middle of night with serious burning stomach pain. Usually it is around 4-5 am. It feels like a tight, gnawing pain and it keeps me awake until I get something small to eat. I have been in the habit of keeping a little food by my bedside, and when I wake up to use the bathroom, I eat the food so I can sleep in peace.

Recently I was browsing around the internet and ended up reading these stomach ulcer symptoms. It turns out that they match the exact symptoms I have. The pain getting worse on an empty stomach was a dead ringer for me, and the only thing that made it feel better was food. This is exactly what was described on the website.

This really scared me at first because when I thought of stomach ulcers, or peptic ulcers as they are known medically, the first thing I thought of was surgery. My stomach sunk (pun intended) when I rolled over that possibility in my mind. I was literally sick to my stomach (okay I’m done) when considering the possible treatment options I was going to have to go through.

Fortunately, I discovered that an otherwise healthy person does not have a difficult time dealing with a stomach ulcer. Apparently most stomach ulcers are caused by a bacterium known as H pylori, and you can get rid of ulcers just by getting rid of that infection. Pretty neat, huh?

So, I read that you can just drink a bitter liquid and breath into some fancy machine to get tested for H pylori, and its instant. If you test positive the doctor will just write a prescription for a few antibiotics and that’s that!

Apparently you can just take a proton-pump inhibitor (which are available over the counter where I live) and that will very quickly get rid of your stomach ulcer symptoms. However, you have to deal with the bacterial infection if you really want to get rid of the ulcer for good.

This makes me a lot more confident about my condition as now I know that the treatment process is pretty benign. Just knowing that my condition is fairly easy to treat makes dealing with these stomach ulcer symptoms much easier!