Hi,
my husband has been suffering from severe stomach and even worse esophageal pain. It all started a few weeks ago when he ate some fruit that was like drinking acid.
The first time he had a really bad episode, two weeks ago, we didn’t have anything else to give him, so he took some Diosmectite and had some relief. Needles to say, this didn’t work the second time.
The doctors have given him Omeprazole to lessen the stomach acid production and a drug with active ingredients: sodium alginate, sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate. It helped some at the beginning, for maybe a couple of days and then it did nothing.
Yesterday instead of the sodium alginate, he took a drug with active ingredients: Aluminum hydroxide,Magnesium hydroxide,Alumina phosphate . It worked yesterday, but tonight it didn’t help.
Actually NOTHING seems to work.
We insisted that his GP send him to do endoscopy, but the first availability was the beginning of February! He has drastically changed his diet. He doesn’t eat before going to bed. The only thing he can tolerate is rice and potatoes. He’s a big man and his caloric needs are substantial, he ha started losing weight.
I’m at my wits end. What can we do to help him?
He got really stressed because of this (he’s in pain, can’t eat, can’t sleep,) which is making everything worse.
Thank you!