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Your symptoms, when they began and whether they're worse when your stomach is empty. Key personal information, including any other medical concerns, major stresses or recent life changes. Include family history of peptic ulcers, H. pylori infection and cancer in the digestive tract.
If you develop signs and symptoms of a peptic ulcer, your health care provider will probably test you for H. pylori infection. A peptic ulcer is a sore on the lining of the stomach (gastric ulcer) or the first part of the small intestine (duodenal ulcer).
Symptoms. Gastritis doesn't always cause symptoms. When it does, the symptoms of gastritis may include: Gnawing or burning ache or pain, called indigestion, in your upper belly. This feeling may become either worse or better after eating. Nausea. Vomiting. A feeling of fullness in your upper abdomen after eating. When to see a doctor
Stomach cancer doesn't always cause symptoms in its early stages. When they happen, symptoms might include indigestion and pain in the upper part of the belly. Symptoms might not happen until the cancer is advanced.
In some people, a peptic ulcer isn't identified until they experience symptoms related to a complication from an ulcer, such as bleeding or a hole in the lining of the stomach or bowel. Before treatment, it is important to diagnose an ulcer definitively.
Symptoms. Common symptoms of GERD include: A burning sensation in the chest, often called heartburn. Heartburn usually happens after eating and might be worse at night or while lying down. Backwash of food or sour liquid in the throat. Upper belly or chest pain. Trouble swallowing, called dysphagia. Sensation of a lump in the throat.
Ulcerative colitis symptoms can vary, depending on the severity of inflammation and where it occurs. Signs and symptoms may include: Diarrhea, often with blood or pus. Rectal bleeding — passing small amount of blood with stool. Abdominal pain and cramping. Rectal pain. Urgency to defecate.
Symptoms of functional dyspepsia may include: Pain or burning in the stomach, bloating, excessive belching, or nausea after eating. An early feeling of fullness when eating. The feeling of fullness also is called satiety. Stomach pain that occurs unrelated to meals or goes away when eating.
Have your symptoms been constant? Or do they come and go? How severe are your symptoms? What, if anything, seems to improve your symptoms? What, if anything, appears to worsen your symptoms? Do you take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine, either nonprescription or prescribed, or do you take aspirin? Do you drink alcohol?
The signs and symptoms are similar, and the two conditions may occur at the same time. Bile reflux signs and symptoms include: Upper abdominal pain that may be severe. Frequent heartburn — a burning sensation in your chest that sometimes spreads to your throat, along with a sour taste in your mouth. Nausea.