Hello, I am 23 year old recent college
graduate. I am almost 6 foot tall and
weight 180. I have always been a very
healthy individual watching what I eat.
Although for the past 5 years in college I
have drank way too much, especially the
last 6 months or so. About three weeks
ago I started getting really bad
indigestion and heartburn. I would get
dizzy and nauseous and sometimes would
throw up. I also would feel like I had
diarrhea. After a few hours this would
pass and I would have a dull pain right
below my sternum. A week after that the
same thing happened and since then I have
always had the pain below my sternum. I
have had an endoscopy and the gi
specialist told me I had gastritis. I am
taking aciphex once a day and pepcid twice
a day. The heartburn is gone, but now I
have what looks like a bump under my
sternum. It has been there for 2 weeks
now and I have told the gi specialist, my
regular doctor, and the er doctor about it
and they all seem to say its normal. I
have had ultrasounds done and x-rays and
blood drawn. They have ruled out
pancreas problems and gallbladder.
Everyone just seems to think that it is
gastritis. If I push on this bump it
makes me very nauseous and lightheaded.
If anyone has any ideas or if this is just
a sign of bad gastritis please let me
know, I hate going out of the house now
cuz I am afraid I will get sick. Thank
you
