Experience I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical
Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine.
M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Question Hello, I am a 22 yr old male. 6 ft tall and weight 180. I've been having these stomach problems for about 2 to 3 years now. Kathaleen and others know me here, if you would like to see my last posts that I had a long time ago just search my name "cookienkikin" and they will pull up. Anyhow I'm still having the pain that I've always had I thought it was getting better but I guess I was just ignoring it and dealing with it, I wake up EVERYDAY with the pain in my stomach and its always hurting. Churning and gurgling. It hurts alot worse when I don't eat. Still hurts when I eat though, its always rumbling and just cramping and hurting. Most of the time I have a really bad taste in my mouth also. I sometimes/rarely burp up stomach contents like it would be reflux, not very often though. My stools are rarely normal, they usually are very loose, and have a light brown/pale color to them and are just all broken up, (not normal) and most of the time float. Around 3 years ago I had ct scan, blood work, abdominal ultrasound, and barium swallow. My main concern is stomach cancer, or esophagal cancer, would any of my symptoms fit any one of those descriptions? Could my stomach problems be just gastritis or something else that could eventually cause stomach or esophagal cancer? Should I be really concerned about this?
Answer I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist not a gastroenterologist. At your age the risks of stomach and esophageal cancers are very low. But of course if you do have severe reflux problems they will increase with time. Let a gastroenterologist check you & take care of you! Good luck!
