Severe Pain

[melindalafave]

My father has the following symptoms:
bloated stomach, trouble breathing or catching breath, severe cough, discomfort when sitting or standing, cannot eat without severe pain.
-he is 40, non smoker, light drinker, and is in severe pain, the attacks come on randomly sometimes immediatly after eating sometimes hours after
they last anywhere from 3 hours to 24 hours of crippling pain, any ideas as to what might be wrong?
also he feels a pressure around his diaphram.

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
It is important to rule out H.pylori infection,peptic ulcers disease,gall bladder disease,pancreatitis and other GI pathologies which can cause such symptoms.Looking at the age,it is also important to get an ECG done.I sincerely advise you to consult a gastroenterologist and get ultrasound abdomen,CT abdomen,ECG and endoscopy (if needed).
Hope it helps.Take care and pls do keep me posted on how you are doing.

[Encephalomalcia]

These could be symptoms of heart failure.  He should have some heart tests done.  Left side heart failure symptoms are swellen abdomen, cough which can produce white or clear mucus, trouble breathing, sick to stomach especially after eating.