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Does anyone with an ulcer have severe back pain?

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jane29413
jane29413

I'm not sure what the cause is but I've been having severe upper right sided burning back pain.

I'm wondering if anyone with a stomach or duodenal ulcer also had this pain.

I'm so worried about, I'm awaiting a CT scan but I'm beginning to wonder if my pain is caused by an ulcer.

I've also been having hot flushes, again does anyone with GERD or an ulcer suffer from these please?

Thank you

Jane

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  • katherine42413
    katherine42413 jane29413

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    Hi Jane

    I've got central and left sided pain that goes through to my back. I had a CT scan a couple of months ago and that didn't show anything but then from my research it'll only show thickened areas and not ulcers. You really need an endoscopy to confirm or rule out ulcers. I've got mine in just over a week.

    Do you get pain only on eating or all the time. Mine comes on after eating but I also had gallbladder problems a couple of years ago which all my pain was right sided and they gave me a endoscopy early on to rule out stomach problems and to do biopsies to rule out H.pylori and crohns disease.

    I didn't qualify for the 2 week endoscopy but I did go in under urgent so its in 6 weeks but I've been suffering now since November and I've found that I'm allergic to the meds that they give you for ulcers. The itching is intense so now all I can take is pain relief until they can confirm the diagnosis.

    Let me know a little more of your symptoms as alot of conditions around this area give the same symptoms so its really hard to tell.

    Keep me updated. Take care

  • jane29413
    jane29413

    Posted

    Thank you so much for your reply.

    I've been having a few symptoms that all seem to happen at random

    pain in my left arm

    burning pain in my upper back on the right side. (around the level of my bra strap)

    Hot flushes and pain under my left rib.

    All of the above problems are intermittent. They come and go and although I've tried to make a connection between them happening after eating something fatty etc .........or doing a lot of walking I'm at a complete loss to know the cause.

    I had gastritis last year due to taking IBUPROFEN ( I had a tooth extraction, dry socket and then abscesses) and ended up having an endoscopy which showed an H Pylori infection. After antibiotics and Omeprazole I improved but gradually all the other symptoms have appeared. Hopefully, I'll find out why one day.

    In the meantime, hope your endoscopy goes well for you. I had the throat spray and the sedation and it was absolutely fine.

    Good luck and Take care.

    Thanks again

    JANE

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