After I eat, I experience extreme pain in the area just above my belly button and just under my rib cage. I have seen a gastro dr. The gastro dr. wont run any tests until my heart condition is taken care of but he does not seem to understand that my heart symptoms stem from my stomach problems. Duadgenal ulcers seem to run in my family, so he put me on prilosec. I eat small meals, avoid caffeine, and even have limited my diet to bland foods and white meat.
Nothing seems to help.
Dear Kelly, Irritabe bowel syndrome is a diagnosis of exclusion. It should not be the first diagnosis that is made. There are a number of different approaches to the investigation of your problem. A gastric emptying study may also be required. I doubt that your symptoms represent a manifestation of duodenal ulcers.