Hello, hope you all are well
I'm experiencing some issues. At xmas 2019 I had horrible gurgly stomach, which was almost constant with painful bloating. I got prescribed PPI. I've had stomach and bowel problems all my life, so no need to worry about it. The PPI did calm down the bloating and gurgling a bit. Ever since then I've had the gurgling on and off, it's terrible. It sounds like my stomach is at war. I used to wake up with horrible nausea and gurgling too. Seen two doctors, they just prescribe me PPIs and say it's gastritis. A couple of months ago I caught COVID, had to isolate, stress of losing my friend due to arguments and going in isolation plus the added not being able to eat for a few days really ramped up my stomach problems. Now I have this awful pain at least 2-3 times a week. It makes me feel nauseous and dizzy and sweaty. Almost feels like someone is digging up under into my ribs. It's all across my ribs and goes up between my shoulder blades. First I panicked because I thought it was an aneurysm. Went to the urgent care centre, as advised by the telehealth nurse and they diagnosed me with gastritis again and prescribed PPI. Now it's back because I ran out of PPI, don't like relying on medication, as soon as it runs out the symptoms are back and now it's a week wait to see the doctor. Getting fed up of this pain and how it makes me feel. Anyone else got something familiar? Can gastritis really make you feel that horrible?
Thanks in advance