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Acid reflux
I am 16 and have had bad acid reflux for the past 2 months despite having a well balanced diet, low in fat not much spicy food etc.I am fairly active and have been experiencing pain in the right side of my abdomen but have had my appendix out and the pain is much higher up. My doctor thinks it could possibly be gallstones but aren't I too young?
Hi, follow some basic life style changes:Stop tea, coffee, spicy food. Take your timely. Avoid cabbage, capsicum, citrus fruits ( for a while). Don't drink water with food, take after 40 min. as much as you want thereafter. Don't lie down immediately after food. Finish your night meal by 8.30 pm maximum. Always keep your stomach 1/4 th empty. You can divide your meal into 5-6 times a day. Avoid wearing tight pants ( it compress your belly/ stomach). Avoid the particular food, which you observed that after taking you feel bloating, fullness, upper abdominal pain/ discomfort, reflux symptoms etc. Take tab. PANTODAC DSR (1-0-1) half an hour before meal for 7 days.
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get a ultrasound to rule out gall stone
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