A member asked:

Symptoms: severe abdominal pain nausea vomiting: worse upon eating.24/7 losing lbs. i have hiatel, multiple ulcers. on a ppi. not working.

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GI guy: Your r young yet a lot of gastrointestinal problems and the treatment does not help, you have to go beck to you GI guy or any doctor to be reexamined and re-evaluated. If that will not help take a copy your results of done tests and have a second opinion, have you been scoped? How was diagnosis hiatal hernia and multiple ulcers done. Was you ca and parathormone level ever checked?

Answered 6/10/2014

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Hiatal hernia: While it would be unlikely 23-year-old, a large hiatal hernia, also known as a paraesophageal hernia, can cause ulcers of the stomach that are not responsive to ppi. This would be best diagnosed with an upper G.I. Contrast study.

Answered 4/25/2016

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