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Can anxiety cause a constant burning in pit of stomach for 3 weeks there all day?

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Dr. James Burns answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Yes.: Anxiety can certainly cause this symptom which is worsened if accompanied by the decreased appetite of severe anxiety leading to unopposed gastric acidity.

Answered 3/16/2014

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Sure but...: ...There are lots of diseases of the stomach that can result in dyspepsia or pyrosis. These can be categorized as: problems with inflammation (e.g. Ulcers), with infection (e.g. H.Pylori or parasites), with motility (examples: gastroparesis, gastric outlet obstruction), with secretion (hyper or hypo-acidity), infiltrative (lymphoma, cancer), blood flow (gastropathies), functional dyspepsias, etc.

Answered 3/16/2014

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