Slow Digesting food - Digestive Disorders Message Board

FiFi40 · 01-31-2002, 12:56 AM

Does anybody take a long time to digest their food?
I had an endoscpy today and I last had something to eat at 10pm the night before and my last drink at 6am this morning. I had my test at 8.30am and the doc asked when I last ate and I told him and he said I still had a lot of food in my stomach. Has anyone else had this problem? My stomach is very bloated so much so I look pregnant and I get terrible back pain in my back in what seems to be behind the stomach. It hurts so much at times I cant lie on my back to sleep.

02-01-2002, 05:49 AM

Hi,

Sorry to hear about your problems. Did the endoscopy show anything?

It is just possible that you have something like a hiatis hernia or at the other end, which is the pyloris muscle that is interfering with you digestion. The back pain is probably referred pain, but if your belly is also bloated, then this maybe related to something lower down in your intestines.

Go and discuss it again with your doc and see what he says. Hopefully your endoscopy may show something.

Let me know.

Cheers

Sarah

FiFi40 · 02-01-2002, 10:43 PM

Sarah They took a small biopsy of the lining of the stomach and the paper they gave me says Biopsy for H> pylori(urease test) I have no idea what this means maybe you have an idea what this means. I would be glad of your input. Thanks

02-02-2002, 02:49 AM

Hi Fifi,

H. Pylori is a bug that can cause stomach ulcers and other problems. The H stands for Helicobacter. If your test comes back positive, they can give you medication for it. If this is the cause and they give you medication, then this will hopefully resolve the discomfort and bloating you are getting in your lower belly.

Hope this helps?

Let me know how you get on.

Take care

Sarah

Missy2001 · 02-03-2002, 03:20 PM

Did your dr mention the possibility of gastroparesis?
Have you had other symptoms other than the bloating?