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