After a week of, well, heavy drinking including my 21st birthday, I shortly (Tuesdayish) thereafter developed symptoms that fit in to the category of a peptic ulcer. Namely
[li]abdominal pain - can’t tell yet whether meals excarbate or help, but the pain definately ebbs and flows, sometimes severely[/li]
[li]vomiting[/li]
[lidiahrrea[/li]
neither of the above contain blood
I’m looking for (especially first-hand knowledge, if possible) for information regarding
[li]onset of symptoms (is this too fast to be an ulcer? I suppose it could have been there for a while)[/li]
[li]treatment, including short-term relief and long-term[/li]
(in particular, there seems to be some disagreement about cause, and whether or not antacids are a good idea, in particular the bottle of Pepto-Bismol says not to take it with Ulcers, but pretty much every website says that’s the most common immediate treatment)
[li]diagnosis - there seems to be a breath test for the presence of H. Pylori; in some cases does this decrease the need for endoscopy? How long do I have to have symptoms before getting an endoscopy?[/li]
[li]what other diseases/issues could this be besides an ulcer?[/li]