Do symptoms come & go?
Hi everyone, I’ve been reading the subreddit for a little while - googling symptoms (which never tends to end well for someone with health anxiety) led me to this community. I have been dealing with some pretty consistent bloating in the middle of my upper abdomen for almost 2.5 months now, which I think is what is contributing to massive amounts of anxiety (which I did have before but was easily controlled, now I feel completely out of control with it.) I have only had one instance of really bad heartburn/acid reflux since this all started, I ate a lot of chocolate ice cream and I was in so much pain. Pretty normal stools, though it does get upset here and there. I haven’t narrowed down any particular food to make my stomach worse or better, I initially cut out dairy and that seemed to help some but then it just went back to how it was before. Right before I eat, I will typically feel hungry and that’s when I would say my stomach feels most “normal”. Immediately after eating is typically the worst part and then it will mellow out some but it’s pretty much a consistent feeling of like bloatedness right in the pit. I am eating relatively bland food, nothing spicy since the round of heartburn scared me. My PCP said it sounds like I have an ulcer and referred me to GI + ordered a stool sample, which I’m currently waiting on both of those. My question is - do symptoms of H.Pylori typically come and go? It has been pretty consistent for the last week or so, but before that I would go almost a whole day with no issues. I went to a festival near my house over the weekend and ate a few fried things and my stomach didn’t bother me at all for a few hours, I went out to dinner with friends and ate and even had a couple beers and ice cream with no problems, I didn’t even think about my stomach. Just curious what everyone’s experience is, if you’re typically having symptoms all day every day or if there is some relief here and there.