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Originally Posted by JrzDefector
Turns out it was an ulcer! He ended up feeling really terrible, and went to the hospital. They gave him an endoscopy and then put him on antibiotics. I'm so relieved, and I could tell he was too. My only complaint about his hospital visit is that they did not advise him to get a colonoscopy as well. He seems to think that the discovery of the ulcer means that there aren't any other problems. Argh!
But still, very happy it was nothing. I've been so paranoid about my surviving older relatives lately, mostly because I don't have very many left.
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Very likely the ulcer caused mucus production in the stomach, mucus ferments in the intestines and causes excess gas.
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