What do ulcers feel like?

[thirtythree]

Sharp or dull? Constant or intermittent? ?!

 

[Gibsons]

Even though gastric ulcer is a common disease, a diagnosis can be difficult because it has a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from asymptomatic to vague epigastric pain, nausea, and iron-deficiency anemia to acute life-threatening hemorrhage.

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[nocash]

I had a bad ulcer 15 or so years ago and felt like had eaten a live squirrel that was trying to eat its way out but seriously was pain like knife in my back and front just below sternum. Quite horrible at times. Intermittent could feel good for 2-3 days then unbearable for a couple days. Depends on type and location of ulcer definatly have a doctor look at it.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: nocash
I had a bad ulcer 15 or so years ago and felt like had eaten a live squirrel that was trying to eat its way out but seriously was pain like knife in my back and front just below sternum. Quite horrible at times. Intermittent could feel good for 2-3 days then unbearable for a couple days. Depends on type and location of ulcer definatly have a doctor look at it.

ya, for me it felt like a knife stabbing inside right below the sternmum. It was unbearable pain at times.

I got soo desperate one time (was in incredible pain), that I drank a whole bottle of pepto bismo. surprisingly, it helped. Just that I had pink stool the next day, lol.

 

[Umberger]

i had one 5-6 years ago. for me, it felt like someone had kicked me in the stomach... that dull ache that is somewhere between a bad stomachache and someone kicking you.

 

[Mucho]

I had a duodenal ulcer for which I?ve since had surgery, there was no pain the only way I knew I was bleeding internally was because of bloody stool.

 

[Plasdom]

It hurts...bad. It just takes a simple blood test to determine the level of the bacteria that causes it, in your system. If it is above a certain threshold then your doctor will prescribe some anti-biotics + other things for it