Almost Constant Burning in Upper Stomach for 8 Months
I had an upper endoscopy done in May 8th after roughly 8 months of burning in my upper middle stomach. My results are “Mild Gastritis and Small Hiatal Hernia”. Negative for Barrett’s Esophagus and h. Pylori. He wrote me an Rx for Pantaprozole. 40mg, twice a day. After day 3 I was miserable. Burning sensation increased and I felt horrible. I messaged him and asked if either the gastritis or hernia were bad enough for me to have this type of pain and he said “absolutely not”. Keep in mind, I have zero reflux or heartburn. Just the upper stomach burning. I decided since it was only a few days I was going to stop taking the Pantaprozole. Let me tell you, yesterday was such a relief. I had almost zero burning in my stomach and felt better than I had in months. I’m feeling pretty good today minus a tad bit of burning when I woke up. Here’s my question. If the gastritis and hernia are not the cause of the burning, what is? I’m not getting any answers from my doctor and it’s highly frustrating.