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Heaviness after eating: why it happens and what to do

Heaviness after eating rarely comes alone: heartburn, belching and bad breath usually come with it. We walk through the case of a woman who put up with it for a year and a half, and show how a first visit to a gastroenterologist in Uralsk goes

How this usually goes

Aigul is 38, works in accounting and has sandwiches at her desk for lunch. She first noticed heaviness after meals two springs ago: an ordinary portion, and her stomach felt packed with stones for a couple of hours. Six months later evening heartburn joined in, and a pack of pills moved into her bag «just in case». She told her husband it was nerves and the reporting season

Aigul booked the visit not because of her stomach but because of bad breath: someone at work mentioned it and she felt ashamed. At the appointment it turned out she had been taking heartburn pills almost daily for a year and a half — on her own, without a prescription, and no longer remembered whether they helped

The doctor sent her for a gastroscopy and an ultrasound the same morning. By lunchtime she had the endoscopist's report, the images and an explanation: what exactly was found, where the smell came from, why the pills had stopped working and what to do now. She went home with a prescription instead of another box from the pharmacy

A month later the heartburn was gone, and with it the reason she had booked at all. The year and a half before that had gone into not seeing a doctor

What people come with

Most people describe the same thing: after an ordinary portion the stomach feels packed with stones, the heaviness lasts an hour or two, and heartburn arrives by evening. Some have been on heartburn pills for a year and consider it normal. Others come with a second-hand diagnosis — «someone told me it is pancreatitis» — and want to know for certain at last

If this is you

  • How much does a gastroenterologist visit cost?
  • Do you take samples on site?
  • I keep being told it is pancreatitis and I want to know for sure

How it goes

The visit starts with a conversation: what bothers you and when, how it relates to food, what you have already taken. Then the doctor decides what is missing for an answer — usually a gastroscopy and an abdominal ultrasound. The centre does them the same day, so there is no need to leave and come back: the examination in the morning, the results and prescriptions right after

How to prepare

If you already have test results and reports, bring them, even old ones. Write down the medicines you take regularly: this is always asked at the appointment, and from memory people miss half of them. If there is a chance of a gastroscopy or an ultrasound the same day, better come on an empty stomach

Service and price Gastroenterologist visit 13 000 ₸ 4 470 ₸ first visit Seen by: a doctor of the centre

What people ask most

How long does the first visit take?

An appointment with a first-category doctor takes about half an hour, an extended one up to an hour. If a gastroscopy or an ultrasound happens during the same visit, plan for the whole morning

Do I take the tests somewhere else?

No, the tests are taken on site. At the appointment the doctor says what is needed and you can give it the same day

I already have a diagnosis from elsewhere — do I start again?

Bring your earlier reports. The doctor will see what has already been done and will not order the same thing twice — tests are added only where the picture is incomplete

Book a visitPick a time on the booking page

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