gurgleing - Digestive Disorders Message Board

pk054 · 02-19-2001, 04:26 PM

I have been having this problem and hope someone can shed some light on this. For the past month or so I have had a constant gurgle
that rises from my stomach up through my chest. It sometimes feel like my stomach is a bubbling fountain. I don't have heartburn, but I do feel like I have to burp. I have been taking medication for colesterol for about a year, but this problem has recently started. Additionally I'm getting a fluttering feeling in my chest. I recently had a stress test nad echo cardiogram and there was no indication of heart problems.I recently started taking a new medication called Niaspan and the Dr. feels this may be causing the problem. Can anyone shed som light on this? Thanks!

kat28 · 03-06-2001, 12:58 AM

Hi, I too have been having this problem. I am on no medication at all. It seems to start in the top of my stomach directly below the middle of my rib cage. It at times, seems like it growels up through my lungs and everywhere. I have to belch a lot to relieve some of the pressure from it. I have also had the fluttering feeling in my chest that you described. I don't know if it has anything to do with this condition, but I have recently been experiencing slight joint pain and occasional shortness of breath. Please let me know if you find out what is causing it.

kat28 · 03-16-2001, 11:19 AM

Dear PK054, Thanks for responding. Just wanted to let you know that I am now experiencing tenderness in the part of my stomach where the gurgling starts and off to my upper right quadrant. It has began to seriously concern me. Someone suggested to me that they had had similar symptoms and believed it to be an ulcer. They recommended that I not let my stomach get empty and to start taking pepcid. They said that this had almost completely relieved their symptoms for a year now. I, like you, have been under a great deal of stress and have noticed that my symptoms seem to get better after eating sometimes. I do feel however, that this is something that I need to have checked do to the tenderness that I am experiencing. I feel that it could possible be my gallbladder or appendix. It will probably be a while but good or bad, I will let you know what I find out.

kat28 · 03-27-2001, 01:26 AM

Hello again pko54. Just wanted to let you know that I went to the dr. and he didn't tell me anything!!!!!! He however prescribed a zantac based acid reducer. I have done some research and I am 99.9% sure that I have an ulcer. My symptoms, I have found, can be controlled as long as I keep something in my stomach at all times. If I go without eating, I get very sick. The gurgling has stopped for the most part. Just wanted to let you know that in my past post when I said that I was tender in my upper quadrant, I meant the upper part of my stomach. I haven't experienced any of the chest pains that you're talking about other than palpatations every once in a while.(Unless you're talking about the pressure you feel that you have to burp to relieve, I have that) It does sound like yours is being caused by gas, it'll do it. I think that our conditions sound very similar and think that we could both have an ulcer. I hear that they have a breath test to check this now. I think that you eat some pudding and drink a mixture that they have and blow into a bag and it detects the bacteria that causes ulcers. I am going to see another dr. for a deffinate answer. I will keep you posted and I hope you get to feeling better. Take care.

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pk054 · 03-27-2001, 12:41 PM

Dear Kat28,

Nice to hear from you again. I know how frustrating Dr.s can be. I too was prescribed Zantac and it did very little for me. The latest diagnosis seems to be my condition is being caused by stress. I must note that I have been under an abnormal amount of stress lately. It is interesting to note that I too, feel much better after I eat. The Dr. did suggest that I eat smaller quantities, but more often. This has seemed to help. In any event life will go on. I know this is not a "chat" board, but I did notice that you are from NY. I was born and raised in NY (Kingston) and worked for many years in NYC. Stay well and thanks for writing.

Paul (pk054)