Stomach Pains?? - Men's Health Message Board

ThePrep95 · 06-07-2003, 05:53 PM

I have had stomach pains for the last, about 4 months. It only happens once a month, exactly once a month, and lasts 1-2 hours. Pain on a 1-10 scale ranges from 4-6. However, when I drink soda it almost immediatly goes away, within 5 minutes id say. Im a 23 yo male. Is this anything to be worried about or maybe I just eat too much fast food, which I do? Thank you.

ps- I had mild food poisoning about a year ago... anyway that can stay in your system and cause problems? Thanks again for reading.

Justin

G-wiz · 06-09-2003, 05:01 AM

Hiatus hernia is very common and has symptoms similar to what you describe. You need to have it checked to be certain but afaik there is no cure, only management.

focus · 06-11-2003, 09:13 AM

You need to try to isolate what you were eating before the pains. There's gotta be a pattern that you can identify.

I was getting stomach pains after taking regular multivitamins. I wasn't sure what was causing it at first, then I realized the pain was kicking in everytime I took a multivitamin. I tried different vitamins, and found the ones without any minerals in them didn't bother me. So some mineral or metal in multivitamins bothers my stomach. I haven't found exactly which mineral it is yet though. Its strange, because it never used to bother me. But, the body changes over time, and develops new allergies that weren't there before.