BMJ  2006;333:134 (15 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7559.134

Commentary

Patient's view

Kenneth Neville1, Mark Fox, specialist registrar1

1 Oesophageal Laboratory, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH

Correspondence to: M Fox markfox@doctors.org.uk

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

As a child I remember eating well and enjoying my food, although I did get heartburn now and again. That all changed in 2001 when I started to bring up what I ate. At first this was occasional, but then my stomach settled into a new routine. On eating even small amounts I felt unpleasantly full, then I had to belch and the food came back to my mouth. I usually spat this out, but sometimes I swallowed it again. If I tried to eat larger amounts my stomach hurt and I had to vomit everything up.

In spring 2004 I was sicking up more and more, but my stomach just felt fuller and fuller. I was admitted to hospital. At first everybody was sympathetic. However, after a while I could sense that the doctors were becoming frustrated at not reaching a diagnosis and then I felt that they began . . . [Full text of this article]


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