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abdominal pain left side just under rib cage and reflux
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abdominal pain left side just under rib cage and reflux

by emkay6, Feb 14, 2007 12:00AM
Dear sir/madam

I have recently been having pains on the left side of my stomach just under the rib cage.These pains normally come about after I have eaten or lying in bed. I feel full by just having a few bites and also feel like the food has not gone down and wants to come out. the pain feels like just that region is cramped up and sore.

I also suffer from heartburn some times severe discomfort when i get into bed with a reflux and bitter taste in my mouth, always waking me up during the night.

Please advice

Thanking you in advance

Member Comments (1)

by Marc Guvenc, Apr 05, 2007 12:00AM
I had a pain in my left side towards my back for a number of years. I went to a few doctors and one said it was common. I had tests done and doctors still couldn't figure it out. The pain never went away and hurt on different times of the day. I was the size of a baseball and it even felt serious. From all the tests done and my opinion I figured that it was some type of stomach problem maybe a pre-ulcer of some type based on me knowing it's common stomach problems for stressed out people. I read an article one day that yogurt was good for the stomach and regions of the world where they consume a lot of yogurt, the people have good stomachs. I started expertimenting with this idea since I had no other good choice and no one was able to help me.

Remedy: About a year ago I started to eat one cup of yogurt a day (with fruit) every morning and I noticed the pain in my side went away. I then stopped eating yogurt in the morning for breakfast and the pain start up again but I ignored it.

then last week I annoyed my side was hurting me (even though I got used to it) and I remembered about my yogurt diet. I started to eat yogurt again every day this week and again the pain in my side went away again, it's almost down to nothing. I haven't had a pain all week!

The yogurt helped. Don't technically don't know why since I'm not a doctor (I'm a programmer) and I don't need to know, I just want to stop being in pain every day so I'm passing on my discovery.

A yogurt a day keeps the pain in my side away.
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