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  • 40 Years
  • 14/08/2025

I've been having pain when passing stool for the past month and using sucral ano ointment but it's not helping much. There's no blood but I'm worried - are there other medications I can try or is surgery my only option now?

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I'm experiencing belching on an empty stomach and feeling nauseous really early in the morning, around 4 a.m., usually when I'm sleeping. Plus, I've been having loose stools about once a week, though they're not super liquidy. Seven months back, I had an endoscopy that showed gastritis in my stomach's antrum and bile stasis, but it wasnt H. pylori. An ultrasound also showed multiple small peripheral follicles in both ovaries. I'm really scared that this could be something serious, like cancer. Can you help me figure out if I should be worried?

cancer is highly unlikely from your symptoms. drink good amount of water

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