Hello.
I'm just 25 years old, but also a heavy drinker for three years and a smoker for two years.
My problems started as loss of appetite, extremely mild nausea, a cough with mucus while after eating or while drinking and strong heartbeat. I ignored it for three months or more, until, two months ago, I could hardly eat a small meal a day because of the nausea which, after eating, was causing me to feel sick even while smelling food. I never had the burning sensation (heartburn) though.
I stopped alcohol and the symptoms slowly disappeared 15 days later, and then I checked out my heart, my blood pressure and my liver. Everything was normal. The only problem was that my spleen, although it was normal too, the doc said it's ready to get enlarged.
A few days later I started drinking again once or twice a weak and really had no problems at all during that time. A few days ago, when I started drinking everyday again, I started having loss of appetite and nausea again. I kept drinking and now I get nausea all day if I have drunken anything last night. I also have a dull ache underneath my left rib cage and diaphragm, which seems to go away while I'm walking or stretch my back. I also cough once after I eat.
I don't lose or gain weight at all, even though I have a bit of loss of appetite. I should also mention that I feel my heartbeats when I place my hand on my abdomen while I'm lying flat. I also noticed that, during the ultrasound at the hospital, all my organs seemed to be moving according to my heartbeats on the screen, but I don't know if that's normal.
So, is this the enlarged spleen I should be expecting for accompanied by hangovers due to alcohol, a stomach ulcer that should be checked so that it won't progress to perforation, or something else?
Thank you.